Resolution No. 2025-296
Resolution No. 2025-296
May 21st, 2025
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-296
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FULL
FY2024/25 CITIZENS’ OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
(COPS) FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $678,501.23,
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND
MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO AMEND THE OPERATING
BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, AND AUTHORIZING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENCUMBER AND EXPEND
THE ALLOCATED CITIZENS’ OPTION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY (COPS) FUNDS FOR FY 2024/25.
WHEREAS, The COPS program provides funding exclusively to support front-line law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, The Police Department has identified specific needs that are valuable to support front-line law enforcement services; and
WHEREAS, The City previously programmed $630,000 of COPS funding for FY24/25; and,
WHEREAS, The City actually received $678,501.23 in COPS FY24/25 funding.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to accept the additional Fiscal Year 2024/25 COPS Funds, bringing the total allocation to $678,501.23.
SECTION 3. The Director of Finance and Management Services is hereby authorized to amend the FY2024/25 Operating Budget, appropriating the total $678,501.23 in revenue and expenditure.
SECTION 4. The Police Department is hereby authorized to encumber and expend the allocated COPS funds for Fiscal Year 2024/25.
SECTION 5.That the City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the Resolution No. 2025-296
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environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 6.Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 21ST day of May, 2025.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Telicia Lopez, CMC, Acting City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO)
I, Telicia Lopez, Acting City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2025-296, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 21 st day of May 2025 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______
FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______
KNAUS _____ _____ _______ _______
FLORES _____ _____ _______ _______
ORTIZ _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this 22nd Day of May 2025.
Telicia Lopez, CMC, Acting City Clerk