REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 18, 2017
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: ROBERT NEVAREZ, Deputy Chief
Administrative Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to accepting funds from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and Addendum No. 4 to the Agreement with partner cities and Fresno County:
1. Accept funding of $460,328 from the BSCC; and
2. Approve Addendum No. 4 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fresno, Cities of Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Fowler, Huron, Kerman, Kingsburg, Mendota, Orange Cove, Parlier, Reedley, Sanger, Selma and the County of Fresno
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council authorize the Chief of Police to enter into Addendum No. 4 to the joint Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Fresno, Cities of Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Fowler, Huron, Kerman, Kingsburg, Mendota, Orange Cove, Parlier, Reedley, Sanger, Selma, and the County of Fresno, to accept funding in the amount of $460,328 from the BSCC.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a part of the 2012 State Budget and subsequent budget years, the Governor's Office approved three years of state funding allocations to local law enforcement statewide for front-line law enforcement needs. The state charged the BSCC with developing a formula for disbursement. Fresno County as a whole was designated to receive $3,887,209 over a three year funding cycle, with the Fresno Police Department identified as the fiscal agent. An additional allocation of $849,662 was disbursed in September 2015 and approved by Council in May 2016. In December 2016, the Fresno Police Department was notified of the final allocation and revised focus for this program by the State of California. In January 2017, $460,328 was allocated to the Fresno Police Department as the program's fiscal agent for municipal law enforcement agencies in Fresno County and a spending plan was recently finalized through the appointed...
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