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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />02/17/10 <br />Council Date: <br />Police <br />Chief Bob Hundley <br />12. <br />02/22/ 10 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve a resolution authorizing a$233,000 application to the Office of the Governor, Criminal <br />Justice Division for a Felony Crimes Unit Grant for the period of September 30, 2010 through October <br />l, 2011, and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Public Safety; Intergovernmental Cooperation <br />This grant funds salary and benefits for two Paris Police Officers and one Lamar County Sheriff's <br />Deputy to investigate felony crimes committed in the City of Paris and Lamar County. The Felony <br />Crimes Unit (FCU) has now been in existence for two years and the City acts as the fiscal agent for the <br />grant. Staff has been informed that our current grant is in its last year of funding and the proposed <br />application is an opportunity for funding FCU from a different grant source to continue the program. <br />The new grant application does not have any cash match and will be for a total of $233,000. This is a <br />$71,000 increase from the previous grant and is due for equipment requests in the grant from Lamar <br />County. The equipment in the grant can be cut for scoring purposes to insure the continuation of <br />funding for the officer positions if it is determined that will improve the competitiveness of the <br />application. When the grant is awarded, an interlocal agreement with Lamar County will be necessary. <br />From March through September of 2009, FCU reported 41 felony arrests involving 44 felony charges. <br />A total of $41,223.00 of cash, drugs, firearms, and other property have been seized during this reporting <br />period. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution; Draft grant application <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />❑ Department Report Z Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />❑ P <br />bli <br />H <br />i <br />u <br />c <br />ear <br />ng ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library E Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 <br />