HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2025-121RESOLUTION NO. 2025-121
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES FOR THE COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND AMENDING THE FISCAL
YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Police Department has been awarded $53,787 in grant
funding (“Funds”) from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the Paul
Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program (the “Coverdell 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 for the education and training of
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 forensic
workstation, Faraday bags and blocker lockers to ensure phones are protected from remote wiping
while stored as evidence, creative pen display tablet for latent-print analysis, and software to
convert photographs and scans into 3D renderings; and
WHEREAS, the Funds provided by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency
Services will completely offset the total costs of the Coverdell Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it accepts $53,787 from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and amends
the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget by appropriating $53,787 to the supplies and services category of
the Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager, or Crime Laboratory Manager, is
authorized to enter into and execute an agreement with the California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services, any amendments, extensions, or renewals of the agreement, and any and all
documents necessary and appropriate to implement this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager, or Crime Laboratory Manager, is
authorized to take all necessary action to administer, monitor, manage, and ensure compliance with
the Coverdell Program grant fund requirements, including certifications made in the application,
and further to enter into and execute contracts with third parties to implement the Coverdell
Program or use of the grant funds, as appropriate.
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Resolution No. 2025-121
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Marco A. Verdugo
Chief of Police City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 22nd day of July 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Inzunza, 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. 2025-121 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22nd day of July 2025.
Executed this 22nd day of July 2025.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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