RESOLUTION NO. __________________ (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2024 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AND THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING RELATED TO THIS FUNDING WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has established the annual Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant (JAG) Program to assist local governments in their efforts to prevent and to control crime and to improve the criminal justice system; and WHERAS, the BJA has determined that the City of Salinas and other local jurisdictions are jointly eligible to apply for and to receive funding through the annual JAG Program, which will allow the City and those other jurisdictions to support a broad range of activities to prevent and to control crime based on their own local needs and conditions; and WHEREAS, the total grant allocation is $74,970, with the City of Salinas portion of $55,842 and the County of Monterey portion, as a disparate agency, of $19,128; and WHEREAS, the City and the County of Monterey are obligated to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding in order to maintain their eligibility to apply for and to receive JAG Program funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council authorizes the City Manager and the Chief of Police, or their designees, to accept funding in the amount of $74,970, including the execution of all documents necessary to effectuate the grant; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council authorizes the establishment of the 2024 JAG expense appropriation and corresponding revenue budget of up to $74,970 to support grant activities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Salinas and the County of Monterey for the 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of July 2025 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk