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Authorizing the Police Department to accept and amend the 2021 Special Fund Budget for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Pathway to Policing Grant.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has been awarded the Pathway to Policing Reimbursement Grant 2021 from the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety in the amount of $73,664 for a term of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, this grant is state funded (Chapter 95, Article 1, Section 11, Subdivision 7) and will provide funding to support the SPPD Law Enforcement Career Path Academy (LECPA) for direct costs relating to training and associated expenses for program participants; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Police, along with the program partners is developing the LECPA program with the aim to make City law enforcement more representative of the communities served; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 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 total revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, funds of $73,664 in the Police Department Special Fund; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor that $73,664 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.