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Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department (“SPPD”) to accept and amend the 2024 Special Fund Budget for a 2024 Firearms Storage Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) has awarded a 2024 Firearms Storage Grant to the SPPD for $2,041; and
WHEREAS, the SPPD will use this grant to purchase gun storage boxes and labeling supplies that it will use to separately secure firearms received from persons subject to Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO), in accordance with state legislation passed in 2023; and
WHEREAS, there is no matching fund requirement for this award; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department received approval to apply for this grant on RES 24-7; and
WHEREAS, the 2024 financing and spending plans need 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 $2,041 in the Special Fund; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor that $2,041 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.