Council Agenda - City of Burbank

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Agenda Item - 5

 

 

                                    CITY  OF  BURBANK

                                  POLICE DEPARTMENT

                                        MEMORANDUM

 
 

 

DATE: December 5, 2006
TO: Mary J. Alvord, City Manager
FROM: Thomas Hoefel, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:

RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE FY 2006/2007 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 

PURPOSE:

 

To appropriate funds already received from State Citizen�s Option for Public Safety (COPS) grant funding in the amount of $208,026, and to appropriate prior year�s accumulated interest in the amount of $5,661.07.

 

BACKGROUND:

 

In 1996, AB 3229 was enacted as part of the state budget package.  This bill established the COPS program which provides funding to local law enforcement agencies, based on population, for the purpose of ensuring public safety.  On October 23, 2006, the City of Burbank received $208,026 to be used for this purpose.

 

ANALYSIS:

 

To date, the City of Burbank has received a total of $2,252,677 in State COPS funding.   State COPS funds must be appropriated for the purpose of providing front line police services such as personnel, equipment, crime prevention/anti-gang programs and cannot be used to supplant the City�s current law enforcement funding.

 

Historically this funding has been used toward the matching requirement for the Federal COPS grant, which originally awarded $675,000 for nine additional officers to police  Downtown Burbank.  All officers originally obtained via the Federal COPS grant have now been absorbed into the Police Department budget.  Therefore, staff recommends using these funds to continue funding officers working in community policing positions and to update law enforcement equipment.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

Adoption of the proposed resolution will allow the City to appropriate grant revenues already received and accumulated interest.  The grant fund (Fund 121) will be amended by appropriating the following:

 

  • $208,026 from Account 121-PD000-48010-1039 (Supp Law Enforcement Services State AB 3229) to Account 121-PD91A-60004 (Supp Law Enforcement Services State Salaries)

  • $5,661.07 from Account 121-ND000-45015-0000 (Supp Law Enforcement Interest) to Account 121-PD91A-60004 (Supp Law Enforcement Services State Salaries)

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

It is recommended that the City Council approve a resolution appropriating State Citizen�s Option for Public Safety grant funds and accumulated interest totaling $213,687.07.

 

 

THOMAS HOEFEL

Chief of Police

 

 

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