City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/22/2015
TITLE:
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Acceptance of the Edward Byrne Grant in the amount of $12,839 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance
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FROM:
George Crum, Police Chief
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council authorize acceptance of the Edward Byrne grant in the amount of $12,839 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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BACKGROUND:
The Police Department has been eligible, and has applied for the Edward Byrne Memorial Assistance Grant program for the last several years. This year, as in past years, several Riverside County law enforcement agencies were identified as "disparate funding" agencies. This disparate allocation occurs when a city is allocated one-and-one-half-times (150 percent) more than the county, while the county bears more than 50 percent of the costs associated with prosecution or incarceration of the municipality's Part 1 violent crimes. A disparate allocation also occurs when multiple cities are collectively allocated four times (400 percent) more than the county, and the county bears more than 50 percent of the collective costs associated with prosecution or incarceration of each municipality's Part 1 violent crimes. Cathedral City has been identified as a disparate agency for this year.
The funding identified for Riverside County is $59,771 and the funding for the other 13 municipalities is $356,361 for a total of $416,131. The $416,132 amount is for Riverside County and the participating cities within the county. This formula explains why Cathedral City and the 12 other cities in Riverside County were identified as disparate funding agencies. The jurisdictions certified as disparate must identify a Fiscal Agent that will submit a joint application for the aggregate eligible allocation to all disparate municipalities. The joint application must determine and specify the award distribution to each unit of local government and the purpose for which the funds will ...
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