City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/29/2016
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Acceptance of the Edward Byrne Grant in the amount of $11,549 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 $11,549 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the execution of the attached Interlocal Agreement.
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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 $60,612 and the funding for the other 12 municipalities is $369,330 for a total of $429,942. The $429,942 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 be used. The cities and county agreed that the City of Riverside would be the Fiscal Agent for 2016. The City of Riverside has created an Interlocal Agreement for the 12 cities and the joint application for the disparate agencies. Disbursement of funds will be submitted to the grant authority by June 30, 2016.
The identified funds for Cathedral City are $12,832 - 10% ($1,283) for the City of Riverside for their role as Fiscal Agent and managing the application process) = $11,549 for Cathedral City.
DISCUSSION:
These grants funds will allow the Police Department to utilize equipment funding to purchase computer hardware and software, along with training, for the purposes of crime analysis. The computer/software system will allow a crime analyst to accurately collect, analyze, and report data that can be used to identify and forecast crime information in an easily understood manner, and share this data within the police department and community, and among allied law enforcement agencies.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Purchase of an Acer VL4630G 17-4790s computer with
1 TB HD and 16 GB of RAM and Acer V236HL
CBD 23" Wide LED monitor from CDW $1,266
Purchase of the ATACRAIDS and
RMS Translation software is from LexisNexis $10,080
Partial funding of LexisNexis Tactical Crime Analysis Training $203
Total: $11,549
ATTACHMENTS:
2016 Interlocal Agreement