Fiscal Note
The proceeds of this grant will be accounted for in a segregated fund. Funds will be used for computer equipment, software, phone lines, overtime. and a 1.0 FTE LTE position for about one year. There is no match requirement. No City funds have been budgeted to continue this position after the grant ends.
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Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Police Department to accept an award of $200,000 from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance and amending the Police Department 2005 Operating budget to allow for the hire of a 1.0 LTE - Management Information Specialist 2 position.
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WHEREAS, the need for law enforcement throughout the State of Wisconsin to share information critical to public safety and the prevention of terrorism in a timely manner; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of Justice Assistance has obtained Federal and State funding to create the ability for law enforcement to use technology to more efficiently share critical information with one another; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of Justice Assistance has named this justice information sharing initiative as the "WIJIS" program (Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing); and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has been meeting and working with state and local agencies in the promotion and development of information sharing and WIJIS since 2000; and,
WHEREAS, staff from the Office of Justice Assistance, at the March 30, 2004 City of Madison Common Council meeting, registered and spoke in support of resolution ID#35679 authorizing the Police Department to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement for purposes of creating a shared, multi-jurisdictional records management system with 16 other communities in Dane County; and,
WHEREAS, staff from the Office of Justice Assistance, while speaking in support of resolution ID#35679 pledged financial assistance in the form of grants to the Madison Police Department (MPD) for internal staff costs associated with this endeavor, as well as other technical and administrative costs; and,
WHEREAS, the goal of the Office of Justice Assistance in supporting MPD's efforts is to eventually build an interface or "secured gateway" for other justice partners in the State so that they can access the MPD's multi-jurisdictional records management system; and,
WHEREAS, Governor James Doyle, on February 10, 2005, notified Mayor Dave Cieslewicz that the MPD has been awarded a Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP) grant in the amount of $200,000 to facilitate this work, thereby becoming one of the State's first pilot sites for the WIJIS project; and,
WHEREAS, this grant will be used to support a 1.0 LTE Management Information Specialist 2 position for at least one full year, and associated computer equipment, software and phone lines necessary for the performance of the work on the WIJIS project being undertaken by MPD Information Management & Technology; and,
WHEREAS, this grant will also provide funding for overtime costs incurred by MPD staff as a result of work on the WIJIS project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison, through the Police Department, is authorized to accept the award from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a 1.0 LTE Management Information Specialist 2 position be listed within the permanent salary detail of the Year 2005 Police Department Operating Budget. This position will be classified in compensation group 18, range 8; and,
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Police Department and Comptroller are authorized to establish and/or maintain accounts as required for the administration of the grant funds.