HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006/11/21 Item 12
COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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Meeting Date: 11/21/06
ITEM TITLE:
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING $11,215 FROM
THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AND
APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE POLICE GRANT
FUND FOR THE BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP.
REVIEWED BY:
Chief of PoIiCep~'i.
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City Manager ./1
(4/5ths Vote: YeslLNo _)
SUBMITTED BY:
The Police Department has received funding from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance to pay for bulletproof vests through a Bulletproof Vest Partnership
grant. The grant amount of $11,215 will pay for 50% of the cost of bulletproof
vests, which will partially fund 21 vests; matching funds are included in the Police
budget.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council adopts the resolution accepting $11,215
from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and appropriating said funds to personnel
services category of the Police Grant Fund for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: N/A
BACKGROUND: On June 16, 1998, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act
of 1998 was signed as law. The purpose of the Act is to save the lives of law
enforcement officers by helping States and units of local government equip their
law enforcement officers with armor vests. The Bulletproof Vest Partnership
(BVP) is a program of the U.S. Department of Justice administered by the
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The program is designed to pay for up to
50% of bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers. BJA announces BVP
funding opportunities on an annual basis.
DISCUSSION: On February 24, 2006, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
announced the new Bulletproof Vest Program funding opportunity for FY 2006.
The Police Department applied for funding and was recently notified by BJA that
the application was approved. The grant amount of $11,215 will pay for 50% of
the cost of bulletproof vests, which will partially fund 21 vests; matching funds are
included in the Police budget.
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Meeting Date: 11/21/06
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership is a non-competitive program. The BVP Act of
2000 requires that BJA give funding priority to jurisdictions with populations
under 100,000 residents by awarding those jurisdictions the full 50% of the
application total. For jurisdictions over 100,000 residents, the BVP funds were
sufficient to support 10% of the application values in 2004, and 14% in 2005.
Based on the same criteria, the Department receive,d 11 % of the application
request in 2006. Staff submitted an application for funding of 186 vests,
reflecting both the need for new officers and for routine replacement. Vests have
a life span of five years. The expenditure period for qualified reimbursements
from the 2006 BVP award is retroactive to 4/1/2006 and ends on 9/30/2010.
LOCAL MATCH: The BVP program is designed to pay for up to 50% of the cost
of National Institute of Justice approved vests. A local match is required to pay
for the remaining costs of the vests. Sufficient funds have been identified in the
Police budget to meet the local match requirement.
DECISION MAKER CONFLICTS: Staff has reviewed the decision contemplated
by this action and has determined that it is not site specific and consequently the
500 foot rule found in California Code of Regulations section 18704.2(a)(1) is not
applicable to this decision.
FISCAL IMPACT: Approval of this resolution will result in the appropriation of
$11,215 to the personnel services category of the Police Grant Fund. Sufficient
funds have been identified in the Police budget to meet the 50% local match
requirement. The funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance will offset the
$11,215 appropriation, resulting in no net fiscal impact.
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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA ACCEPTING $11,215 FROM THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE AND APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE
POLICE GRANT FUND FOR THE BULLETPROOF VEST
PARTNERSHIP.
WHEREAS, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership is a program of the U.S.
Department of Justice (administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance)
designed to pay up to 50% of bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department requested funding via the Bulletproof
Vest Partnership program; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department was awarded $11,215 for the
purchase of bulletproof vests; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 50% local match which has been
identified in the Police Department budget; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant will
allow the Department to purchase twenty-one vests.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista does hereby accept $11,215 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance
and appropriate said funds to the Police Grant Fund for the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership.
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Richard P. Emerson
Police Chief
Approved as to form by:
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City Attorney
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