Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $15,000.00 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will provide disposal fees for tires and trash.
Emergency Legislation is requested because tires and trash will continue to accumulate in alleys creating a public health nuisance and the start date for the grant is July 1st, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT
$15,000 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 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to provide for disposal fees for tires and trash; to appropriate $15,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $15,000 has been awarded to provide support to the Franklin County Municipal Court Community Service Program with the purpose of improving the community, reducing litter and illegal dumping in public areas and providing litter prevention awareness; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court desires to accept this grant award; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept the aforementioned grant to provide community service supplies, disposal fees, and outreach materials and to pick-up tires and debris immediately to avoid a public health nuisa...
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