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Authorizing the Police Department to accept amendments to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program and amend the 2019 grant fund budget for these amendments.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has received grant funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) (RES 18-1744); and
WHEREAS, SPPD has received amendments to the grant award in the amount of $37,219.33 increasing the award to $170,219.33 in order to complete the program initiatives as set forth in the agreement; 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 $37,219.33 in excess of those estimated in the 2019 budget and recommends the following changes; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council accepts the amendments and approves these changes to the 2019 budget.
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