Fiscal Note
This grant will be accounted for in an interest-bearing special revenue fund (SG41). There is no effect on the expenditure restraint program or the levy.
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Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to accept the FY 2009 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant award in the amount of $204,905 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, has designated the City of Madison to receive a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award; and,
WHEREAS, the terms of the grant require that Dane County, the City of Fitchburg, the Town of Madison, and the City of Madison submit a joint application under one agency; and,
WHEREAS, in June, 2009 Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, County Executive Kathleen Falk, Mayor Jay Allen, and Chairperson Jim Campbell signed a Memorandum of Agreement regarding a proposed plan for the allocation and administration of any funds awarded; and,
WHEREAS, a copy of this Memorandum of Agreement was circulated to all City of Madison alderpersons in June and no comments were received; and,
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on June 22, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, the former awards have been utilized in the past to support the efforts of the Dane County Gang and Narcotics Task Force, the Dane County District Attorney's Office, the Dane County Drug Court, the Dane County Victim/Witness Program, the Madison Police Department, the City of Fitchburg, the Town of Madison and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor, City Clerk, and Chief of Police are authorized to accept the $204,905 from the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance; and,
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 the Office of Justice Programs, as follows:
1) The Dane Co...
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