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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 18, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT, <br />RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT <br />ACCEPTING COPS HIRING GRANT <br />FUNDS {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, <br />3B} <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MAN ER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $1,250,000 in COPS Hiring Grant funds <br />in revenue account (no. 12714002 52000), and appropriating same to expenditure <br />account (no. 12714407 - various). <br />2. Adopt a resolution allocating ten new Police Officer positions to the FY 2014 -15 Police <br />Department budget. <br />3. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute a three -year <br />agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, commencing September 1, 2014, for the <br />COPS Hiring Grant in an amount not to exceed $1,250,000, subject to non - substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In June of this year, the Police Department applied for a competitive grant made possible <br />through the Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS). The grant is designed to assist state <br />and local law enforcement agencies in the hiring and retention of police officers. The federal <br />government reviewed over 1,296 applications ultimately awarding over $1 billion through the <br />COPS Hiring Program (CHP) by way of 215 grants nationwide. <br />The Police Department has received a grant award from the COPS Hiring Program for 10 police <br />officers' positions in the amount of $1,250,000 over a three -year grant period. The grant allows <br />for a cost sharing partnership with the Federal Government where the grant funds approximately <br />113 of the associated costs and the City General Fund covers the remaining 213 cost of <br />$2,624,485. The City match will be $541,494 Year 1, $1,041,494 Year 2 and $1,041,497 Year 3, <br />for a total match of $2,624,485. <br />55A -1 <br />