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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 9
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 5, 2002
FROM:
Rita Davis
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously
Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget to the Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the U.S. Department of Justice,
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program (LLEBG) in the amount of $61,090 for the
procurement of equipment and technology related to basic law enforcement functions. A local
cash match of $6,788 is required and will be met by the existing Police Services budget. The
grant funds will be used to purchase computer, video, digital, and radar equipment, portable
personal alarms and a conference call system. Ordinance No. 150, 2002 was unanimously
adopted on First Reading on October 15, 2002.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
DATE: October 15, 2002
STAFF:
Rita Davis
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously
Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget to the Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o CeOrdi oceo
PtRezdmg
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant in the amount of $61,090 from the U.S. Department of Justice,
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) program for the procurement of equipment and -
technology related to basic lano
ant requires a cash match of
$6,788 which will be met by ta Ryt
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the U.S. Department of Justice,
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant pro ram LLEBG) in the amount of $61,090 for the
procurement of equipment an ech 1 ree i w forcement functions. A local
cash match of $6,788 is req d and (11je'
e e ex ng Police Services budget. The
grant funds will be used to chas deo, digi , and radar equipment, portable
personal alarms and a conference c 1 system.
A condition of the grant requires that input be sought from an Advisory Board who will make a
non-binding recommendation to the U.S. Department of Justice on the agency's use of the funds.
The Advisory Board, consisting of representatives from local law enforcement (Chief Dennis
Harrison), prosecutor's office (Stu VanMeveran), court system (Judge Kathleen Lane), public
school (Ellyn Dickmann), and non-profit agency active in crime prevention or treatment (Jep
Enck — TEAM Fort Collins and Pam McCracken — CSU Center for Drug and Alcohol
Education), reviewed the project, and supported the proposed use of the grant funds.
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In addition, a public hearing was held on August 28, 2002, to receive comments from any citizen
of Fort Collins on the proposed use of the grant funds. No one attended the public hearing and
no comments were received.
Documentation on the Advisory Board meeting and public hearing was sent to the U.S.
Department of Justice and final notice of grant award was received on September 30, 2002.