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Authorizing Police Department to accept a grant in the amount of $67,000 from U.S. High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) and amend the 2019 grant fund budget.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA); and
WHEREAS, the HIDTA program provides continuing assistance to law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States; and
WHEREAS, these funds will be used for the state program coordinator expense for which SPPD is the fiscal agent; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 financing and spending plan needs 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 funds of $67,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2019 budget and recommends the following changes; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council approves these changes to the budget, accepts this grant award and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into an agreement and supplement agreement for this grant award.
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