AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: December 10, 2024
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Mark G. Stainbrook, Chief of Police
Subject: APPROPRIATION OF $375,000 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
Attachments: None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve an appropriation of $375,000 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.
INTRODUCTION
The City receives a minimum of $100,000.00 annually under the state COPS grant program. As of 06/30/2024 the City has accumulated $902,296.81. 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 Account Equipment Amount
722000 - Fire & Other Safety Supplies Flashlights $50,000 740300 – Fire and Other Safety
Equipment
Virtual Reality Training
Equipment
$125,000
740300 – Fire and Other Safety
Equipment
SWAT Ammunition for training $20,000
731700 - Training Advanced Officer Training $60,000
740400 - Office Equipment Real Time Watch Center
(RTWC) Furniture
$120,000
TOTAL $375,000
Meeting Date: December 10, 2024
additional qualified expenditures. These purchases will be made in Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2024/2025 with funds acquired under the SLESF-COPS program.
DISCUSSION
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 $375,000 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 $375,000 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