AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: January 11, 2024
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Mark G. Stainbrook, Chief of Police
Subject: AN APPROPRIATION OF $364,000 FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT GRANT FUND - CITY’S SUPPLEMENTAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FUNDS – CITIZENS’ OPTION FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY ALLOCATION TO FUND FRONTLINE MUNICIPAL
POLICE SERVICES; AND
AUTHORIZE THE POLICE CHIEF TO MODIFY ITEMS PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED AND CURRENTLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
IN RELATION TO THE SLESF-COPS PROGRAM
Attachments: None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve an appropriation of $364,000 from the Law Enforcement Grant Fund, specifically from Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Funds – Citizen’s Option for Public Safety (SLESF-COPS) program account #190-02105-0E407 (State COPS Grant) to fund purchases for the Police Department as well as grant authority to the Police Chief for proposed modifications to items previously approved and currently approved for the SLESF-COPS grant.
Account Equipment Amount
722000-Fire & Other Safety Supplies Drones (previously approved AB 481)
$40,000
Crisis Response Team training $30,000
Computer Equipment (High
Tech Crime Unit)
$46,000
Rifle Slings $25,000
New uniforms for department $125,000
Hearing protection (Range) $10,000
Ammunition for new weapon
system (previously approved AB 481)
$4,000
Meeting Date: January 11, 2024
INTRODUCTION
The City receives a minimum of $100,000.00 annually under the state COPS grant program. To date, the City has accumulated $928,387.15. In order for the City to utilize these funds, a request for appropriation must be requested by the Chief of Police and approved by City Council. The Police Department has identified the need for additional qualified expenditures. These purchases will be made in Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2023/2024 with funds acquired under the SLESF-COPS program.
DISCUSSION
We are requesting that the City Council allow the Chief of Police to modify items previously approved and currently approved by the City Council in relation to the SLESFCOPS program as long as they are used for qualifying SLESF expenditures. The proposed adjustments are prompted by evolving circumstances and unanticipated challenges, necessitating a flexible approach to utilizing grant funds.
The proposed modifications do not alter the total grant amount or deviate from the originally approved budget. Further, the grant administrator does not require notification of any modifications to items approved by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Staff recommends that the City Council approve an appropriation of $364,000 from the Law Enforcement Grant Fund, specifically from Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Funds – Citizen’s Option for Public Safety (SLESF-COPS) program account #190-02105-0E407 (State COPS Grant) to fund purchases for the Police Department.
The costs associated with these purchases total $364,000 and will be made with funds from the SLESF-COPS Fund program account #190-02105-0E407. These funds may only be used for front-line municipal police services and must supplement and not supplant existing funding. The funds cannot be used for administrative overhead costs in excess of one-half percent of the total allocation. The allocation may not be used to fund the costs of any capital project or construction project that does not directly support front-line law enforcement.
Jeff Muir,
Director of Finance
Mark G. Stainbrook
Chief of Police
Approved By Approved By
Evidence Bike Racks $15,000
Crime Scene Privacy Barrier $7,000
720600-Office Supplies Evidence Supplies (Property &
Evidence)
$10,000
Evidence Supplies (Crime Lab) $12,000
731220-Ongoing Contractual services Physical Evidence Storage $20,000 Crime Scene Imaging
(Software)
$20,000
TOTAL $364,000