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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-130
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
SERVICES FOR THE COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $54,893 in grant funding from the
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 Program 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, the Coverdell Program funds will also be used to purchase a digital camera
and monitor for triaging firearms evidence, Faraday bags to protect phones from remote wiping
system, and a 3D laser crime scene scanner; and
Services will completely offset the costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it accepts $54,893 and amends
the Fiscal Year 2023/24 budget by appropriating $29,893 to the supplies & services category and
$25,000 to the capital category of the Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund.
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Resolution No. 2023-130
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Jill D.S. Maland
Chief of Police Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 12th day of September 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, 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 hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2023-130 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 12th day of September 2023.
Executed this 12th day of September 2023.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk