14-99 129.42 Byrne Grant Special Revenue Fund

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Referr.~d to Finance Cmte 5/5/9~ Placed on 1st Reading & Referred to Finance 3/15/99. Placed on 2nd Reading 4/5/99. ORDINANCENO. 14-99 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, Smith AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE enacting new Section 129.42 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to establish a Byme Grant Special Revenue Fund. WHEREAS, the City has been awarded $51,8'14 by the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services and approved by the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners to establish the Partners Against Crime Project for the period January 1 through December 31, 1999, and, WHEREAS, there is a compelling governmental interest to establish a new Special Revenue Fund ~o segregate financial information that will demonstrate accountability and stewardship to the Parmers Against Crime Project, and, WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department in that creation ora separate fund will allow the City to provide accurate information pertinent to the Criminal Justice Services Agency; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1, That the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood is hereby supplemented by enacting new Section 129.42 thereof to read as follows: 129.42 Byrne Grant Special Revenue Fund a) All revenues derived from this grant shall be kept and maintained in a separate fund hereby designated as the Byme Grant Fund. All expenses meeting the criteria of the grant award shall be paid from this fund. Section 2. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary steps to establish said account; to receive and administer grant funds from the Criminal Justice Services Agency for the purpose of community outreach for safety and conflict resolution skills to reduce crime through prevention and education and to make expenditures from said account for the purposes described above. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open t6 the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two- thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. President of Council Approved:~ ~4)1