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(0. A, 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager January 10, 2005 Subject The proposed use of 2004 Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) funds of $110,267 by the Redwood City Police Department. Recommendation After completion of the public hearing, approve by motion, the Police Chief's recommendation to dedicate $100,730 of the Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) funds to the salaries and benefits of the new police officer positions approved by City Council pursuant to the staffing study of 1997. The Police Chief recommends that the remaining funds, $9,537, be dedicated to the purchase of law enforcement equipment. Background For the ninth consecutive year, the Redwood City Police Department has received a State COPS grant. These funds may only be used for "front line" municipal police services, such as personnel, equipment, and programs necessary to meet police service needs within Redwood City. The money must be used to supplement existing services and may not be used to supplant any existing funding for law enforcement services. Additionally, the requests from the Chief of Police for expenditure of COPS funds must be considered separate and apart from the process applicable to proposed allocations of the City's general fund, i.e., separately from the general budgetary process. State law requires that the City Council hold a public hearing to consider written requests by the Police Chief for the expenditure of COPS funds. It is the Police Chief's recommendation that $100,730 of this year's award be dedicated to the salaries and benefits of the new police officer positions approved by City Council pursuant to the staffing study. $100,730 was the amount estimated by the Director of Finance and Financial Planning, for the COPS grant award during the 04/05 budget preparation. The Police Chief recommends that the remaining $9,537 be dedicated to the purchase of law enforcement equipment. Alternatives The grant funds may be used for any "front line" municipal police services. Fiscal Impact The COPS grant has no matching fund requirement. A budget adjustment to encumber the $9,537 will be addressed in the mid-year budget. The grant will allow for the funding of new officer salaries, be.. neYIs".and..eQU¡pment that would oth¡re fundëVt]~t the general fund. '(ÁdL, '-'-- &4- ""'-- ~ Keith A. Harper Carlos G. Bolanos Brian Ponty Everett Administrative Sergeant Police Chief Director of Finance City Manager & Financial Planning