REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 26, 2017
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: DONALD GROSS, Captain
Communications/Data Analysis Bureau
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2016 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program:
1. Authorize the Chief of Police to accept $450,000 in grant funding from the United States
Department of Justice through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and execute the grant agreement with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for the 2016 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program.
2. ***RESOLUTION - 37th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2016-118 appropriating $360,000 to the Police Department's FY 2017 budget for the Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program (Requires 5 affirmative votes).
3. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with California State University, Fresno (CSUF) as a research partner for $100,000.
4. RESOLUTION - Authorizing the Chief of Police or his Designee to execute a contract with Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology, Inc., for the purchase of Brasstrax hardware and Gun Ops software, in the amount of $250,000.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended the City Council authorize the Chief of Police to accept $450,000 in grant funding from the United States Department of Justice through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), execute the grant agreement with CalOES for the 2016 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant program, adopt the 37th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2016-118 appropriating $360,000 into the Police Department's FY 2017 budget for the PSN grant program, authorize the Chief of Police to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with CSUF as a research partner, and adopt a resolution authorizing the sole source purchase of Brasstrax hardware and Gun Ops software from Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology, Inc. The remaining grant funds will be incorporated into ...
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