DATE:
April 16, 2024
TO:
Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:
Rachel Molina, City Manager
BY:
Jeremy Dean, Police Captain
Jon Rizzardi, Sergeant
SUBJECT:
2021 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
It is recommended that the City Council accept the 2021 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award and adopt Resolution No. 2024-13, amending the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget by appropriating $29,697 for grant-related expenditures.
BACKGROUND
The JAG Program is administered by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance and is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The City receives JAG funding as a sub-recipient through the San Bernardino County Law and Justice Group.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The JAG 2021 allocation will fund specialized operational overtime for the City’s Gang Enforcement Team and Traffic Division deputies. The JAG grant is advance-funded, and the notice of $29,697 grant award was timed with the allocation, which was received in December 2023. As such, notice of the funding of the JAG 2021 grant was not released until after the FY 2023-24 Budget was approved.
In order to provide for grant close-out by September 2024, the Hesperia Police Department has been informed that grant expenditures must be completed by June 30, 2024 in order to avoid having to return unspent grant funds. Approval of the requested budget amendment will provide Hesperia Police Department with the needed budget authority for special operational overtime needed to combat gang crime and narcotics sales/trafficking, which is consistent with the grant guidelines.
FISCAL IMPACT
Because the JAG 2021 grant notice of award was received after the completion of the FY 2023-24 Budget, in order to expend the JAG grant funds of $29,697 by June 30, 2024, a budget amendment is requested via Resolution No. 2024-13.
ALTERNATIVE(S)
Provide alternative direction to staff.
ATTACHMENT(S)
Resolution No. 2024-13
City of Hesperia STAFF REPORT City of Hesperia STAFF REPORT City of Hesperia
STAFF REPORT
City of Hesperia
STAFF REPORT
Staff Report to the City Council
Receive and File the Local Agency Special Tax and Bond Accountability Act Report (SB 165) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023 December 19, 2023