AGENDA #4h
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Acceptance of Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
DATE: August 25, 2003
The attached resolution would authorize the acceptance of a grant recently approved for the Police Department by the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The attached budget ordinance would establish a project account for the grant.
The Bulletproof Vest Program is a Department of Justice program which assists states and units of local government in obtaining funds to purchase ballistic vests for law enforcement officers. The program requires that each jurisdiction pay for one half of the cost of each qualifying vest. The Police Department’s operations budget has an allocation to purchase the vests. The grant funds would pay for the remainder of the cost. The department has been approved to receive up to $16,282.00 for reimbursement of eligible purchases. Acceptance of these funds would help to defray the cost of purchasing new vests and would allow the department to make improvements in the quality of vests that it purchases.
RECOMMENDATIONS
a) That the Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the acceptance of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant.
b) That the Council adopt the attached ordinance establishing a project account for the aforementioned grant.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE BULLETPROOF VEST PROGRAM (2003-08-25/R-9)
WHEREAS, Bureau of Justice Assistance has made funds available to enhance the quality of law enforcement services provided to local communities; and
WHEREAS, the Town’s application in the amount of $16,282 was approved by the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and
WHEREAS, these grant funds would be used to assist in procuring bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council authorizes the Manager to accept the aforementioned grant and to make all necessary assurances.
This the 25th day of August 2003.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND “THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS AND THE RAISING OF REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2003 (2003-08-25/O-2)
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Budget Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance Concerning Appropriations and the Raising of Revenue for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2003” as duly adopted on June 9, 2003 be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE I
Current Revised
APPROPRIATIONS Budget Increase Decrease Budget
GENERAL FUND
Police 9,650,604 16,282 9,666,886
ARTICLE II
Current Revised
REVENUES Budget Increase Decrease Budget
GENERAL FUND
Grants 473,335 16,282 489,617
This the 25th day of August, 2003.