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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into the agreement(s) with the FBI to participate in the Minnesota Cyber Crime Task Force and to amend the financing and spending plans in the Police Department in the amount of $5,000.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department is requesting authorization to enter into two (2) agreements with the Federal Bureau of Information (FBI) which are the Joint Powers Agreement to participate in the Minnesota Cyber Crime Task Force (MCCTF) and the Memorandum of Agreement reimbursing for expenditures and equipment purchased for the MCCTF, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the MCCTF is to investigate and apprehend high technology criminals and to protect our communities by preventing high technology crime and national security threats involving computers and computer networks, and
WHEREAS, a 2011 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 $5,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2011 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recommends that the following addition be made to the 2011 budget, and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council authorized the City of Saint Paul to enter into and Chief Thomas Smith to implement the attached agreements, and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council approves these changes to the 2011 budget.
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