Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the Police Department’s 2024 Operating Budget and authorizes the application and if awarded, the acceptance of a FY2024 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $88,319. The grant requires that Dane County and the City of Madison submit a joint application under one agency and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and County Executive Jamie Kuhn have signed the required Memorandum of Understanding regarding a proposed plan for the allocation and administration of any funds awarded. Dane County will receive $10,820 for the District Attorney Crime Response Program victim/witness services and the Police Department will receive $77,499 for a passenger van and accessories to transport personnel to incidents and assignments. Any interest earned on the advanced funding will be used by the Police Department for work supplies. There is no impact on the levy.
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Amending the Police Department’s 2024 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2024 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $88,319, and to utilize these funds to support several law enforcement initiatives.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice through the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance has designated the City of Madison to receive a FY2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award; and,
WHEREAS, the JAG program supports law enforcement, crime prevention and education, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs; and,
WHEREAS, the terms of the grant require that Dane County and the City of Madison submit a joint application under one agency; and,
WHEREAS, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and County Executive Jamie Kuhn signed a required Memorandum of Understanding regarding a proposed plan for the allocation and administration of any funds awarded; and,
WHEREAS, previous awards have been utilized in the past to support the efforts of the Dane County District Attorney Crime Response Program and the Madison Police Department.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Police Department is authorized to apply for the FY2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $88,319.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any grant funds received are appropriated to the Madison Police Department to be used for the purposes of the grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Police Department is authorized to spend the grant funds in accordance with the grant application, with modifications upon appropriate approvals from funder, the U.S. Department of Justice, as follows:
• Dane County will receive $10,820 for the District Attorney Crime Response Program victim/witness services
• The Police Department will receive $77,499 for a passenger van and accessories.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any interest earned on the advanced funding will be used by the Police Department for work supplies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Police Department’s operating budget is amended to appropriate any grant funds received to be used for the purposes of the grant, including modifications upon appropriate approvals from the funder.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and Chief of Police are authorized to sign any award letter and/or contracts necessary to carry out this resolution.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that grant funds not expended as of December 31, 2024, be carried forward until fully utilized.