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RESOLUTION 2023-###
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $14,922 IN FUNDS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE 2023 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR CONTINUED SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
FOR TWENTY CRADLEPOINT MOBILE ROUTERS TO SUPPORT EXISTING SAN PABLO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
WHEREAS, strengthen existing and new technology programs , public facility/infrastructure projects, and future workplace development programs/services to enhance SPPD crime reduction goals, community policing, mental health, and training programs is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, adopted May 1, 2023;
WHEREAS, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) provides unsolicited federal funds to every municipality to be used solely for frontline police services. Under this federal grant program, the City of San Pablo Police Department receives awarded funds of varying amounts;
WHEREAS, on August 24, 2023, the Police Department submitted a JAG application in the amount of $12,268 to fund continued subscription services for twenty (20) mobile routers, to support existing San Pablo Police Department (SPPD) operations;
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2023, the JAG application was approved for an amount of $14,922;
WHEREAS, pursuant to JAG’s statutory requirements (34 U.S.C. § 10153), a JAG application must be made available for public comment by citizens and neighborhood or community-based organizations;
WHEREAS, in order to provide additional notice and opportunity for community input, notice of this public hearing has been posted and published in a newspaper of general circulation;
WHEREAS, following this public hearing, the City Council may authorize the appropriation of existing, as well as anticipated, monies exclusively to fund frontline municipal police services in accordance with the request(s) submitted by the SPPD;
WHEREAS, Cradlepoint mobile routers are a critical existing component of the SPPD’s daily operations;
WHEREAS, this re newed provision of router services is vital to provide SPPD personnel with remote connectivity to access necessary information and resources when serving the San Pablo community through enforcement, crime prevention, and community outreach and education;
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WHEREAS, the quoted cost to renew a three-year subscription service for twenty Cradlepoint mobile routers is $12,268.80;
WHEREAS, the proposed resolution authorizes the use of JAG funds to fund continued subscription services for twenty (20) Cradlepoint mobile routers for three years;
WHEREAS, the remaining $2,653 in JAG funds will used for other qualified expenses for SPPD; and
WHEREAS, this proposed action is not a project under CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby accepts and appropriates funds anticipated to be received from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program (JAG), in the sum of $ 14,922 to the SPPD Professional Services budget 100-2110-43600;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo approves and authorizes the use of $12,268.80 of the JAG for the continued subscription services (3-year) for twenty Cradlepoint mobile routers to support existing operations;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing recitations are true and correct and are included herein by reference as findings.
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ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 2023, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
_________________________________ _________________________________ Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Abel Pineda, Mayor