2011-054 RES AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LAMAR COUNTY AND JAG PROGRAM

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RESOLUTION NO. 2011-054 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LAMAR COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS; ACCEPTING SAID GRANT AWARD UPON NOTICE THEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS 1VECESSARY FOR ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMEIVTATION OF SAID GRANT UPON NOTICE THEREOF; MAKING OTHER FIIVDINGS A1VD PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, provides funding for local law enforcements grants; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris and Lamar County have been notified of the availability of Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Ninety IVine Dollars ($14,299.00) in funding under said Grant Program, and it is deemed appropriate that the entities, having been certified as disparate jurisdictions, agree to make a joint application for the funds available in order to effectively comply with the intent of said program as set out in an Interlocal Agreement between the entities; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is desirous of processing a grant application in the amount of Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars ($14,299.00), of which the City will retain fifty percent (50%) of the funds to acquire new patrol rifles to replace the existing unreliable and broken rifles. The other 50% to be paid to Lamar County; and, WHEREAS, the items listed in the grant budget are new patrol rifles. The rifles with broken firing pins and head space problems will be traded in on the new rifles. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That an application be made to the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in the amount of Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars ($14,299.00) of which 50% of the funds will be retained by the City and 50% will be distributed to Lamar County.