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IAGENDA REPOR11
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September 11, 2006
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: John B. Bahorski, City Manager
FROM: Jeff Kirkpatrick, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Allocation of State COPS Funds - 2006/07
(Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund Grant)
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
It is requested that a Public Hearing be held to consider the acceptance of funds provided
under State Assembly Bill AB 3229, Chapter 134 and that at the conclusion of that
hearing, approval be granted for the proposed expenditure of these funds.
BACKGROUND:
1111996, State Assembly Bill AB 3229, Chapter 134, established the Citizens' Options for
Public Safety Program to provide funds to eligible local jurisdictions. Pursuant to the
current provision of this bill, monies allocated from the Supplemental Law Enforcement
Services Fund (SLEFSF) to recipient entities must be expended exclusively to provide
front line law enforcement services. These funds must also be used to supplement
existing services and by statute cannot be used to supplant any existing funding for law
enforcement services provided by that entity. Legislation related to these funds requires
that all reporting mandates are met and that these funds be expended in the prescribed
fiscal year to avoid forfeiture of the funds.
The City has received notification that the 2006/07 State budget will appropriate funds to
Orange County and based on population; Seal Beach is expected to receive
approximately $100,000.00.
As previously stated, these funds must be spent for "front line municipal police services.
in accordance with written requests submitted by the Chief of Police of that city or the
Chief Administrator of the law enforcement agency that provides po/ice services to that
city. These written requests shall be acted upon by the City Council." Government Code
Section 30061 [c][2].
It is recommended that these funds be accepted and supplement our existing front line
services in the following manner:
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Provide Funds for Community Policinl!: Overtime
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It is proposed that funding will cover the salary and benefits for Officers through
assigned overtime for continuation of community policing efforts; and/or,
Partiallv fund one Civilian SUDtlort Services Manal!:er
It is proposed that funding will partially cover the salary of a civilian support services
manager, freeing and returning sworn personnel carrying collateral duties to their
frontline positions; and/or,
Additional eauinment. software. and traininl!:
It is proposed that funding will help acquire additional community policing equipment,
software, and training, as well as additional frontline equipment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
These funds were initially proposed to be part of a five (5) year funding cycle and the
2006/07 grant is year six. The legislature has chosen to continue the funding for an
indeterminate number of succeeding years.
RECOMMENDATION:
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It is recommended that a public hearing be held and that Council approval be given to the
acceptance of the 2006/07 Supplernental Law Enforcement (State COPS) funding; that
the established SLESF be authorized to accept such funds; and that approval be given to
the Chief of Police to expend these funds as detailed in this report.
Tim Olson, Police Lieutenant
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