HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2003-04-14 #HH AGENDA REPORT
DATE April 14, 2003
TO Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU John B Bahorski, City Manager
FROM Michael F Sellers, Chief of Police
SUBJECT Allocation of StateCOPS Funds — 2003/04
(Supplemental Law Enforcement 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
In 1996, 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 2003/04 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 police 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
Agenda item /74,—
Continuation of one Police Officer
It is proposed that funding will cover the salary and benefits of the additional police
officer hired under the 2000/01 Supplemental Law Enforcement funding for an additional
year and /or backfill this position through assigned overtime for continuation of
community policing efforts
FISCAL IMPACT
SLESF funds were initially proposed to be part of a five (5) year funding cycle and the
2003/04 grant is year four The effort to secure the renewal of these funds for the fifth
year will be determined by the legislature in the succeeding year
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that a public hearing be held and that Council approval be given to the
acceptance of the 2003/04 Supplemental Law Enforcement (State COPS) funding of
approximately $100,000 00, 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
Michael F Se lers, Chief of Police
NOTED AND APPROVED
John T Bahorski, City Manager