HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-080RESOLUTION NO. 2021-080
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $53,700 FROM THE
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES AND APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE
POLICE GRANTS SECTION OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS
FUND FOR THE COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $53,700 in grant funding from the
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science
Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Coverdell program is to improve the quality, timeliness, and
credibility of forensic science services over current operations; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will be used to provide education and training to crime
laboratory personnel to ensure they can effectively perform their assignments during crime scene
callouts; and
WHEREAS, digital forensics is recognized as a growing field that is increasingly
beneficial in solving crimes, thus Coverdell funds will be used to acquire digital device
extraction equipment and software that will improve the Police Department’s digital forensic
capabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will also be used to purchase a crime scene camera lens
that will give the crime laboratory the ability to take high resolution pictures in low light
environments that will improve forensic analysis; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds provided by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency
Services will completely offset the total costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it accepts $53,700 from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and
appropriates $4,020 to supplies & services category and $24,147 to the capital category of the
Fiscal Year 2021 Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund, and directs staff to include
$25,533 in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget for the Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
Program.
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Resolution No. 2021-080
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Glen R. Googins
Chief of Police City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 11th day of May 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereb y certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2021-080 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 11th day of May 2021.
Executed this 11th day of May 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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