HomeMy WebLinkAbout03 JUSTICE ASST GRANT 04-18-05MEETING DATE:
APRIL 18, 2005
FROM:
WilLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
SCOTT M. JORDAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
TO:
SUBJECT:
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM
SUMMARY
Congress established the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program in the 2005
Omnibus Appropriations Package. The JAG program blends the previous Edward
Byrne Formula Grant (Byrne) and the local law Enforcement Block Grant (llEBG)
programs into one new program, which is intended to provide agencies with the
flexibility to prioritize and place justice funds where they are most needed. The Police
Department proposes to use the 2005-2006 JAG funds to provide supplemental funding
to the Proactive Methamphetamine Task Force (PROACT) and to purchase additional
communications equipment, specifically hand-held radios.
RECOMMENDATION
1.
Open and close a Public Hearing.
2.
Authorize usage of the funds as recommended by the Police Department.
FISCAL IMPACT
The grant award is in the amount of $25,984.00 and does require a matching amount of
$389.78, for a total appropriation of $26,373.78.
BACKGROUND
In the late 1990's, the Proactive Methamphetamine Task Force (PROACT) was formed
and is comprised of personnel from several municipal police agencies, agents from the
State Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the
Orange County Probation Department, and the Orange County District Attorney's office.
This task force was funded by Byrne grant funds and allowed for reimbursement of an
officer's time, equipment, and the clean-up of methamphetamine labs. These labs have
extremely hazardous materials and require special handling not only for clean-up, but
for prosecution of those responsible for operating the lab. .
Mr. William A. Huston, City Manager
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
April 4, 2005
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While not every Orange County agency is represented on the PROACT task force, the
Orange County Chiefs' of Police have agreed that the continued operation of the
PROACT task force is a high priority that benefits all Orange County cities.
The 2004-2005 funding for PROACT in Byrne funds was $1.2 million. As a result of the
new process in combining Byrne funds and LLEBG funds to become the Byrne JAG
program, this amount was reduced to $823,000.00 leaving a $377,000.00 shortfall. The
Byrne JAG funds designated for the City of Tustin for 2005-2006 is $25,984.00,
significantly less than in most past years.
The majority of Orange County cities that are receiving Byrne JAG funding are
designating 41 % of their funding to supplement the shortfall in funding for the PROACT
task force. For Tustin, this represents a commitment of $10,654.00 of the total JAG
funds available. This is a worthwhile expenditure to insure that methamphetamine labs
in Orange County continue to be investigated and cleaned up at minimal costs to each
city. The Police Department supports the commitment of these funds to the PROACT
task force.
The Police Department recommends that the balance of the JAG grant funds be used to
purchase four (4) Motorola hand-held radios. It is the goal of the Police Department to
eventually have enough hand-held radios to allow for each patrol officer to be assigned
a designated radio and to provide for an available pool of radios for use by all other field
and support personnel.
We have received an estimate from our Motorola radio vendor for the purchase of these
radios at a total cost of $15,719.78. The balance of the JAG funds available after
funding the PROACT task force is $15,330.00. To complete the purchase of these
radios will require the City of Tustin to provide a matching funding of $389.78.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department has been designated as the lead agency for
the JAG grant application. If the recommended funding is approved, a representative
from the Sheriff's Department will contact the City Manager for the necessary signatures
on the MOU for this grant.
SMJ:et
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council, of the City of Tustin, will conduct a public
hearing on April 4, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 300 Centennial Way,
Tustin, California to consider the following:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS USE OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT
(JAG) PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE PROACTIVE
METHAMPHETAMINE TASK FORCE (PRO ACT) AND TO PURCHASE
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
This grant will be used to supplement the Orange County Proactive Methamphetamine
Task Force (PROACT) operations. PROACT investigates and conducts the necessary
clean up of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories throughout Orange County. The
grant will also be used to purchase mobile communications equipment directly related to
enhancing our responses to requests for service from the public, and assist in coordinating
the management of emergency operations.
If you challenge the subject items in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at a public hearing described in this notice or in written
correspondence delivered to the City of Tustin at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
If you require special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the City
Clerk at (714) 573-3025.
Information relative to this item is on file with the Tustin Police Department and is
available for public inspection at City Hall. Anyone interested in the information above
may call the Police Department at (714) 573-3285.
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICf nON
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange
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I am a citizen of the United States and a resident
of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of
eighteen years, and not a party to or interested
in the above entitled matter. I am the principal
clerk of The Tustin News, a newspaper that
has been adjudged to be a newspaper of general
circulation by the Superior Court of the County
of Orange, State of California, on August 24,
1928, Case No. A-601 in and for the City of
Tustin, County of Orange, State of California;
that the notice, of which the annexed is a true
printed copy, has been published in each regular
and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any
supplement thereof on the following dates, to
wit:
March 31, 2005
"I certify (or declare) under the penalty of
perjury under the laws of the State of California
that the foregoing is true and correct":
Executed at Santa Ana, Orange County,
California, on
Date: March31,2005
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