|
|
|
 |
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
RESOLUTION: 2009-28
SUBJECT: Intergovernmental Agreement for the provision of grant management and financial allocation under the requirements of the Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (“JAG”) 2009 with the County of Jefferson, City of Arvada, City of Edgewater, City of Golden, and the City of Wheat Ridge.
RECOMMENDATION: Mayor and City Council authorize entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the County of Jefferson, City of Arvada, City of Edgewater, City of Golden, and the City of Wheat Ridge for the provision of grant management and financial allocation under JAG 2009 grant.
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
This JAG grant program is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”) and by 42 U.S.C. 3751(a). The JAG Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system. Projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.
JAG is a formula grant based on population and the local crime rate. For purposes of the Recovery Act, the JAG award is a joint allocation in the amount of Eight Hundred Eighty-eight Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($888,280) to be distributed between the County of Jefferson, the City of Arvada, the City of Edgewater, the City of Golden, the City of Lakewood and the City of Wheat Ridge.
The City of Lakewood will be receiving a one-time grant award in the amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred and Eleven Dollars ($450,911). This is a four-year grant commencing on March 1, 2009 and terminating on February 28, 2013. Grant funds will be used to purchase the computer software and hardware for electronic ticketing, to partially fund the replacement of mobile data computers in patrol cars, and to purchase two vehicles for the Police Department’s Community Service Officers. The technology of electronic ticketing will enable officers to complete county and municipal citations electronically by card-swiping driver’s licenses. The data will then be transmitted electronically to the police department and to the court records system by utilizing established network connections. This will eliminate time consuming data entry for both the police department and the courts. Grant funds will also be used to provide services to offenders who are sentenced to probation for alcohol and drug offenses through the Lakewood Municipal Court.
The City of Lakewood will serve as the grant fiscal agent and shall be responsible for grant management.
RESOLUTION ADOPTION DATE: June 22, 2009
ORIGINATED BY: Police Department
STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: Kevin Paletta, Chief of Police, 303-987-7102
DOCUMENT(S) ATTACHED: Resolution 2009-28
IGA
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Paletta, Chief of Police
REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director, Mayor and City Manager’s Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager
 |
||
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Notice |
||
