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Authorizing the Police Department and Emergency Management Services to accept a grant in the amount of $28,850 from the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety providing funding for the Urban Area Security Initiative analyst, and to amend the 2012 budget in the amount of $21,000 to implement the grant.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department has been awarded the 2011 Minnesota Joint Analysis Center (MNJAC), a federally funded grant, from the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division; and
WHEREAS, this grant provides funding for the Urban Area Security Initiative analyst; and
WHEREAS, a 2012 financing and spending plan needs to be established 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 21,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2012 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recommends that the following addition be made to the 2012 budget, and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council accepts this grant, approves these changes to the 2012 budget and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into, and Chief Thomas E. Smith and the appropriate city officials to execute and implement the attached agreement with the State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
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