HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/17/2002 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 170, 2002, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 8
DATE: December 17, 2002
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM:
Jack Taylor
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 170, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Drug Task Force.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal
Justice for the period of December 1, 2002 to July 31,2003,for the purchase of a mobile lab trailer.
The purpose of this trailer, which is handicapped accessible and will be available for use by other
Northern Colorado law enforcement agencies, is to transport equipment and evidence to and from
rural methamphetamine laboratories and to provide facilities from which officers may work to safely
dismantle such labs. Ordinance No. 170, 2002, was unanimously adopted on First Readine on
November 19, 2002.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 13
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 19, 2002
STAFF:
Jack Taylor
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 170, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services for the Latimer County Drug Task Force.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o e Ordi ce o i t Reading
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant for the Latimer County Drug Task Force (LCDTF) in the amount of
$21,060 from the Colorado D �t ent f bli t ivis' n of Criminal Justice for the
purchase of a mobile lab trail to bels in di lin m phetamines labs.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Intelligence gathered by the Larimer County Drug Task Force (LCDTF) indicates that as many as
777 instances of distribution of met am hetamines and 3l3 instances of manufacture of
methamphetamines occurred eeGOa 2 uring this same time period, 45
arrests were made and 52 lab ere dis on, ethamphetamine labs have been
dismantled during the first 9 the
In order to better address this problem,LCDTF applied for,and was awarded, a grant in the amount
of $21,060 from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice for the
period of December 1, 2002 to July 31, 2003,for the purchase of a mobile lab trailer. The purpose
of this trailer, which is handicapped accessible and will be available for use by other Northern
Colorado law enforcement agencies, is to transport equipment and evidence to and from rural
methamphetamine laboratories and to provide facilities from which officers may work to safely
dismantle such labs. The equipped trailer will bring LCDTF into compliance with federal agency
safety standards for use in laboratory situations by providing:
1. a safe area for detectives to don protective clothing and equipment;
2. a secure compartment for storage and transportation of evidence and equipment;
3. restroom facilities for extended stays at lab sites;
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4. an eye wash station;
5. decontamination areas; and
6. fans for complete air exchange.