ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: February 12, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Miscellaneous TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Greg Terry, Chief of Police
DATE: January 27, 2025
SUBJECT: 2025 SLESF Growth Funds Appropriation.
Appropriate $601,059.08 State Grant Revenues to the Police Operating Budget within the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Recommends approval of this appropriation.
BACKGROUND:
Since the passage of the Citizen’s Option for Public Safety in 1996 -97, the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) has received an annual allocation from the State’s Supplemental Law Enforcement Servic es Fund (SLESF). The program was designed to provide State funds to local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of addressing current front line law enforcement needs. Pursuant to state law, monies allocated from a SLESF to a recipient entity shall be e xpended exclusively to provide front line law enforcement services. These monies shall supplement existing services and shall not be used to supplant ay existing funding for law enforcement services provided by that entity.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Each year’s SLESF allocation is distributed monthly over a 12 -month period, then appropriated into the following year’s Department Operating Budget. The estimated FY2023-2024 SLESF allocation of $634,943 was appropriated by the City Council into the Police Operating Budget within the SLESF fund for FY2023- 24, as part of the annual budget adoption. Since the adoption of the budget, the BPD continued to receive monthly SLESF distributions from the State Department of Finance from the FY2023-24 allocation totaling $601,059.08. The cumulative total of funds received from the FY 202 3-24 State SLESF allocation is $1,236,002.08. Therefore, additional monies are used to augment the amount of funds already budgeted for police activities throughout the city. No General Fund impact.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
Proof of Funds