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File #: 79072    Version: 1 Name: 2023 USDOJ Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) $111,454
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2023 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE
On agenda: 8/1/2023 Final action: 9/5/2023
Enactment date: 9/7/2023 Enactment #: RES-23-00560
Title: Amending the Police Department’s 2023 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2023 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $111,454, and to utilize these funds to support several law enforcement initiatives
Sponsors: Derek Field, Nasra Wehelie, Isadore Knox Jr., John W. Duncan, Amani Latimer Burris, Charles Myadze
Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the Police Department’s 2023 Operating Budget and authorizes the acceptance of a FY2023 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $111,454 to support several law enforcement initiatives. Funds are advanced to the Department and interest earned on those funds will be used in accordance with the grant. No city funds are required.

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Amending the Police Department’s 2023 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2023 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $111,454, 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 FY2023 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 Police Department is authorized to apply for the FY2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice...

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