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Authorizing the Police Department to accept the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, authorizing the execution of the grant agreement, and amending the 2025 grant fund budget and add activity budget.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Police Department has been awarded $72,561 from the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program Fiscal Year 2025 grant award; and
WHEREAS, the grant term is from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, and has no match requirement; and
WHEREAS, this grant provides funds for investigating and prevention of drug-related crime; and
WHEREAS, the contract language and federal grant requirements have been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney’s Office and the Office of Financial Services; and
WHEREAS, the 2025 financing and spending plans need to be amended in the grant fund and activity budget added for the new grant award; 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 $72,561 in excess of those estimated in the 2025 budget; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor to accept the HIDTA grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and approves these changes to the 2025 budget as amended on the attached financial analysis.
Financial Analysis
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