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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into a grant agreement with the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) and amending the 2021 budget and activity budget.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has been awarded funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) in the amount of $251,381.00; 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, these funds will be used to continue the Department’s efforts to achieve the performance goals established and approved by the HIDTA executive board; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 budget and activity budget need to be amended for this grant; 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 $251,381.00 in the Grant Fund; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council accepts this grant award and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into an agreement and Assistant Chief Robert Thomasser to implement the attached agreement with the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA).