aExplanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to enter into the first year of a four-year agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, a government agency and authorizes the expenditure of up to $205,606.35 from the general fund for the transport of persons taken into custody at the Courthouse.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners and the Franklin County Sheriff entered contracts, and subsequent amendments to those contracts, with the various political subdivisions located within Franklin County, Ohio, including the City of Columbus, for the Housing of Prisoners (“Prisoner Housing Contract”), pursuant to which the political subdivisions pay to the County a per diem charge for each prisoner incarcerated in the Franklin County Corrections Center under a municipal ordinance of the respective municipality. Paragraph 5 of the Prisoner Housing Contract, the per diem charge paid by the Court includes the cost of conveying prisoners held at the Franklin County Corrections Center to the Franklin County Municipal Court but does not include the cost of otherwise transporting persons taken into custody at the courthouse.
Within this agreement, the Court will contribute to the cost of transporting persons taken into custody, other than the transportation included under paragraph 5 of the Prisoner Housing Contract.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds are available for transfer in the 2024 general fund budget. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2024 operating budget, Ordinance 3011-2023.
EMERGENCY: Emergency legislation is requested to authorize the court to enter into agreement according to terms presented by Franklin County.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into the first year of a four-year agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, a government agency and aut...
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