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Authorizing the City, on behalf of the Police Department (“SPPD”), to accept and amend the 2024 Special Fund Budget for a Youth Intervention Programs Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) has awarded a 2024 Youth Intervention Programs (YIP) Grant to the SPPD for $127,306; and
WHEREAS, the SPPD will use this grant to partner with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department (Right Track program), and the Construction Careers Foundation (CCF), to expand a collaboration to provide up to 40 at-risk youth with skills and experience that guide them towards good careers and better life choices, and away from the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, there is a 1:1 matching fund requirement for this award, which can be fulfilled through already-budgeted funds; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department received approval to apply for this grant on RES 23-1445; and
WHEREAS, the 2024 financing and spending plans need to be amended and activity budget added for these funds; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation total revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, funds of $127,306 in the Special Fund; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor that $127,306 is available for appropriation in the Police Department Special Fund, as heretofore adopted and amended by this Council, be hereby further amended in the particulars as specified in the attached financial analysis.