1c. Relinquishing Rights to Justice Assistance Grant Funds0
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM: Laurie Hokkanen, Assistant City Manager
DATE: April 11, 2011 1�w
SUBJ: Relinquishing Rights to Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funds
PROPOSED MOTION:
"The City Council approves the decline /return of the Justice Assistance Grant
Program in the amount of $11,966."
Approval of this item requires a simple majority vote of the City Council.
BACKGROUND
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, grant dollars
were made available within the Justice Assistance Grant Program. Dollars were
awarded on a formula basis, and the City of Chanhassen was eligible for $11,966.
These dollars were to be used for overtime costs for police services. The City
Council accepted this grant in April 2009.
JAG funds cannot be used to supplant existing spending, but must be used to
augment existing service levels. The budgeted amount for overtime is $70,000.
Past spending has historically not reached this level.
Staff does not believe that overtime spending will reach a level which would
allow us to access these funds before their expiration in 2012.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the decline /return of the Justice
Assistance Grant Program in the amount of $11,966.
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