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Authorizing the Police Department to accept and amend the 2022 Special Fund Budget for the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety, National Forensic Sciences Improvement program for fiscal year 2022.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has been awarded the National Forensic Sciences Improvement program for 2022 from the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety in the amount of $32,389; and
WHEREAS, this program will be used by the (SPPD) Forensic Services Unit (FSU) for two purposes: 1) to purchase a laser that can be transported to crime scenes to search for, and analyze, evidence (total $24,984) and 2) to send five SPPD personnel to the 2022 International Association for Identification (IAI) conference in Omaha, Nebraska (total $7,405). There is no subgrant or required match; the grant period is April 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 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 $32,389 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 $32,389 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.