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File #: 72855    Version: 1 Name: 2022 USDOJ Justice Assistance Grant Police Department $110,839
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2022 In control: Police Department
On agenda: 9/6/2022 Final action: 9/6/2022
Enactment date: 9/7/2022 Enactment #: RES-22-00618
Title: Amending the Police Department’s 2022 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2022 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $110,839, and to utilize these funds to support several law enforcement initiatives
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Patrick W. Heck, Sheri Carter
Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the Police Department’s 2022 Operating Budget and authorizes the acceptance of a FY2022 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $110,839 to support several law enforcement initiatives. No city funds are required.
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Amending the Police Department’s 2022 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2022 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $110,839, 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 FY2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award; and,

WHEREAS, the JAG program supports law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, 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 Joseph Parisi 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 Drug Court, the Dane County District Attorney Crime Response Program, the Madison Police Department, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, and other local police departments.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the Chief of Police are authorized to apply for the FY2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant and accept the $110,839 from the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assista...

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