HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-117 (COPS grant) RESOLUTION NO. 2016-117
RESOLUTION APPROVING STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION FOR
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS)
GRANT FOR$258,727 TO HIRE ADDITIONAL POLICE PATROL PERSONNEL
WHEREAS, the City of Stillwater Police Department provides public safety services
to the City of Stillwater; and
WHEREAS, current Stillwater Police Department patrol staffing level provides
twenty-one (21) officers; and
WHEREAS, the COPS grant will fund a patrol position that will allow the Stillwater
Police Department to provide a full-time School Resource Officer; and
WHEREAS, the COPS grant provides police patrol position funding for a three year
period, requiring a city cost share of $86,243, and requires a City maintenance of effort
commitment for one year beyond the COPS Program end date of 2020, at an estimated cost
to the City of$114,990.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Stillwater
hereby approves the Stillwater Police Department application for the Federal COPS grant in
the amount of$258,727 to hire additional police patrol position for a three year period; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the City Council of the City of Stillwater also agrees
to the terms of implementation and administration of the COPS grant if awarded and
authorizes the Mayor of the City of Stillwater to sign all necessary documents for the COPS
grant application on behalf of the City of Stillwater.
Enacted by the City Council of the City of Stillwater, Minnesota this 7th day of June, 2016.
CITY OF STILLWATER
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Te ,•wski, Mayor
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J;Thomas McCarty,Acting, %(ty Clerk