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Authorizing the Police Department to accept the amendment to the grant agreement with the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, and amend the 2020 grant budget. (Public hearing closed; laid over from October 21)
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) (RES PH 19-249); and
WHERAS, an amendment to the agreement has been offered, adding $15,000 to the grant increasing the award amount to $207,000; and
WHEREAS, the HIDTA program provides assistance to law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 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 $15,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2020 budget and recommends the following changes; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council approves to accept the grant amendment and these changes to the 2020 budget.