Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION Accepting grant funding from the Bureau OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE BYRNE DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY PROJECT FUnDING GRANT in the amount of $1,000,000 for the SAFER STREETS AND SAFER COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
The City of Stockton is eligible to receive $1,000,000 in discretionary funding from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA); and The Stockton Police Department’s (SPD) proposal included additional reduction and prevention programs for gun related violence through the existing SPD’s Operation Ceasefire program partnering with the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), focused on preventing and addressing gun violence, client services support, and supporting the communities effected; and On April 11, 2022, the SPD received notification from BJA awarding funds designated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 in the amount of $1,000,000. A non-competitive application package was submitted on May 23, 2022, to receive grant funds. In accordance with the Justice Assistance Byrne Discretionary Community Project fund, the proposed use of funds will be utilized to support SPD overtime for improving the functioning of the criminal justice system and combat/prevent gun violence; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to accept the grant award in the amount of $1,000,000 and make all necessary appropriations in compliance with and for the purposes stated in the grant application.
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute and submit all documents, including, without limitation, agreements, amendments with the granting agency, and payment requests in compliance with Justice Assistance Byrne Discretionary Community Project requirements.
The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Budget is amended to appropriate $1,000,000 in revenues and expenditures for the Police Grants and Special Programs accounts as needed to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution. //
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Grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant ongoing law enforcement expenditures.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent to this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED ___September 27, 2022 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton
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