REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
City Attorney's Office
BY: ERICA CAMARENA, Chief Assistant City Attorney
City Attorney's Office, Code Enforcement
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 32nd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2024-122 appropriating $484,600 for the Tobacco State Grant in Fiscal Year 2025 (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council adopt the 32nd Amendment to AAR No 2024-122 to appropriate $366,000 with the City Attorney's Office-Code Enforcement and appropriating $118,600 with the Fresno Police Department (FPD) for a total of $484,600 into the FY 2025 budget. The remaining funds will be realized in the FY 2026 and FY 2027 budgets.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The California Department of Justice has awarded $1,446,426 in grant funding to the City Attorney's Office-Code Enforcement and Fresno Police Department to provide prevention, education, and enforcement of tobacco related enforcement issues. The grant period is from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027. The funding will be for overtime costs related to tobacco enforcement operations, local retailer inspections operations, operating costs, equipment, and educational materials.
BACKGROUND
With 668 premises licensed to sell tobacco within the City of Fresno, the City Attorney's Office-Code Enforcement and FPD realize the importance of issues related to tobacco education, enforcement, and abuse prevention. The Tobacco Law Enforcement Grant Program's goal is to increase tobacco awareness; educate officers, licensees and the community on laws involving tobacco sales including vaping, and to hold licensees accountable. This can be accomplished by: Roll Call Training Bulletins; and educating Patrol Officers on regulations for establishments that sell tobacco, providing education to the community, licensees and their employees; and other undercover operations (Minor Decoy, Sh...
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