Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $2,589,856 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund.
The purpose of this grant is to provide funds to the Franklin County Municipal Court Department of Probation and Pre-trial Services to adopt policies and practices based on the latest research on how to reduce the number of offenders on probation supervision who violate the conditions of their supervision.
This grant will continue to fund the salaries and fringe benefits of 15 existing probation officers. They will provide pretrial assessments and supervision to defendants in custody awaiting arraignment in the Municipal Court and perform specialized supervision of individuals placed on electronic monitoring. With regard to charge severity, pre-trial services will be limited to those defendants appearing in Municipal Court arraignment in custody for criminal misdemeanor and/or OVI. The program will not include the following charge categories: Traffic and Felony (conducted by Common Pleas pre-trial program).
Emergency Legislation is requested so the grant funds can be used as close to the July 1, 2023, grant start date as possible; this will allow the salaries of the 15 probation officers to be paid from the grant instead of the general fund preserving general fund revenue. The July 1, 2023 date is the start of the grant period and the grant funds must be used within the grant term.
FISCAL IMPACT
$2,589,856 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; to appropriate $2,589,856.00 from the unappropriated balance of ...
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