AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2017-55, on the first of two readings, amending the City's 2016-2017 Fiscal Year Budget to include expenditures in the total sum of $25,000.00 from State Seized Asset Funds to provide matching funds for a grant received from the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division to fund the conversion of the Police Department's records management system from UCR summary data crime reporting to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS); and providing an effective date.
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Meeting date: September 19, 2017
Department: Police
Funds Required: $25,000
Account Number: 12055230-54180
Funds Available: $85,359
Account Name: State Seized Assets
CITY COUNCIL GOAL:
Maintain Fiscal Responsibility
Provide for the Efficient and Effective Delivery of Services
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT(s): [add the Plan elements and Goal # and Objective(s)]
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BACKGROUND:
On January 3, 2017, the San Marcos City Council approved resolution 2017-01R authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division in the amount of $181,500. Included in the grant application were city matching funds in the amount of $25,000. This goal of this grant project was to fund the conversion of the Police Department's records management system from Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) summary data reporting to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) so that the department would be in compliance with a State mandate. On February 28, 2017, the Police Department received notification from the Office of the Governor that the grand had been awarded. On August 15, 2017, the City Council approved by motion the expenditure of the funds required to pay the vendor for completion of this project. The purpose of this agenda item is to authorize the use of State Seized Asset funds for the city's match portion of the budget and to create the budget ordinance required to amend the budget ac...
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