AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Resolution 2021-80R, authorizing the submission of an application to the Office of the Attorney General, Crime Victims Services Division, for a Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grant (VCLG) in an amount not to exceed $45,000 to continue funding for the Police Department's Victim's Services Program; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute any and all documents as needed to accept and implement the grant, if awarded; and declaring an effective date.
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Meeting date: May 4, 2021
Department: Police Department
Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: N/A
Account Number: N/A
Funds Available: N/A
Account Name: N/A
Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: The Council has approved related resolutions for grant applications supporting this project in the past, most recently in May of 2019.
City Council Strategic Initiative: N/A
Comprehensive Plan Element (s):
? Not Applicable
Master Plan: N/A
Background Information:
Article 56.04 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires that each local law enforcement agency designate a crime victim liaison. The Crime Victims Services Division of the Texas Office of the Attorney General administers a grant program through which funds are allocated to local law enforcement agencies on a biannual basis for the purpose of funding these programs. The San Marcos Police Department participates in this grant program and has partially funded its victim services program with these grant funds since the program's inception. The current grant period will expire at the end of August 2021, and the purpose of this resolution is to allow for grant funding to continue beginning September 1, 2021. No matching funds are required for this grant. However, the City of San Marcos contributes funding to this program in the form of additional salary and supplies. The deadline for applications was April 23, 2021, and this resolution will ratify Council's support of the applicatio...
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