ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 21, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Resolutions TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Brent Stratton, Chief of Police
DATE: October 5, 2026
SUBJECT: Resolution to Accept Funds from the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Mini Grant Program.
Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Mini Grant Program:
1. Resolution authorizing acceptance of $30,000 in grant funding from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
2. Appropriate $30,000 to the Police Operating Budget within the General Fund for the OTS Mini Grant Program
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the resolution and approval of the appropriation.
BACKGROUND: The City of Bakersfield has been awarded a grant in the amount of $30,000 from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) under the OTS Mini Grant Program. The grant funds will be used to implement an Alcohol Enforcement Team.
The program objectives are to reduce alcohol-related offenses through enforcement, education, and public awareness. The Alcohol Enforcement Team will accomplish these objectives by conducting ABC's Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap programs, as well as Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol-Related Crime Tendencies (IMPACT) inspections. The goal of the program is to increase compliance with alcoholic beverage laws and regulations.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control requires a City Council resolution authorizing acceptance of the grant funding and execution of the grant agreement.
The requested appropriation of $30,000 will support eligible program expenditures within the Police Operating Budget.
FISCAL IMPACT: The $30,000 appropriation will be funded through the OTS Mini Grant Program, resulting in no net cost to the General Fund.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Grant Agreement and Exhibits
2. Resolution