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LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM
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TO:
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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council | | FROM:
| Suzanne Sherman, Acting City Manager |
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| Nelson Moya, Chief of Police |
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| | | | | | | | DATE:
| 7/16/2020 | RE:
| Consideration of a grant agreement with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for the Fiscal Year 2020 Cops Hiring Program (CHP) grant award. |
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| | | | | | | | At the March 5, 2020, regular City Council meeting, Council approved the submission of a grant application to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for the FY2020 Cops Hiring Program (CHP). The grant application was to provide six new entry-level Police Officers to address an increase in firearm related homicides, robberies, and aggravated assaults through a community oriented policing program.
The CHP will provide up to 75% of salary and fringe benefits for entry level sworn police officer positions over a 36-month period with a maximum federal allocation of $125,000 per awarded officer position. The program requires a minimum 25% local match for the first 12 months, and a sliding percentage to have the applicant agency fund a larger percentage of the salaries each following year. The grant also requires the applicant show a budget allocation for maintaining the awarded percentage with 100% funding for an additional 12 months upon completion of the grant.
The total estimated cost of the program is $1,688,067. The total federal share of the grant award is $750,000 and the remaining $938,067, is required to be provided as a local city match. The allocations required over the three-year program are provided below:
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Funding Source
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Program Year 1
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Program Year 2
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Program Year 3
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FUNDING SOURCE TOTAL
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FEDERAL
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$327,101
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$281,159
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$141,740
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$750,000
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CITY
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$225,136
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$281,420
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$431,511
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$938,067
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REQUESTING DEPARTMENT:
Finance, Police Department |
| | | | | | | | FISCAL IMPACT:
The CHP Grant Award will provide up to 75% of salary and fringe benefits over a 36-month period with a maximum federal-portion allocation of $125,000 per awarded officer position. The Program requires a minimum 25% local city match for the first 12-month period (Program Year 1), totaling $225,136, which is anticipated to begin in Fiscal Year 2021. Subsequently, the local city match for Program Year 2 (Fiscal Year 2022) is $281,420 and Program Year 3 (Fiscal Year 2023) is $431,511. The total local city match over a 36-month period is $938,067; after completion of the Program the City will expense 100% of the officer position salaries and fringe benefits.
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION: Motion to 1) Approve the grant agreement between the City of Palm Bay and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; 2) Authorize the City Manager and Chief to execute the grant agreement; and
3) Authorize the Police and Finance Departments to proceed with funding the local match starting with FY21 Budget preparation. |
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