ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Chief of Police with a Request for the Following:
A. ADOPT An ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2019 REVISED BUDGET Relating to the Capital Fund to Recognize the Receipt of an EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) and the Corresponding Expenditures, in the Amount of $63,633.00 (Requires Super Majority Vote)
B. APPROVE a SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE of Twenty (20) Pico Ballistic Body Armor Vests for the Peoria Police Department Special Response Team (SRT) Duty Use from TYR TACTICAL BODY ARMOR, in the Amount of $36,954.21.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Peoria received notification of available funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in the amount of $63,633.00. This JAG Program allows states and units of local government the opportunity to improve services through a range of activities aimed at preventing and controlling crime and improving the law enforcement component of the criminal justice system. The funding is an entitlement based on a Federal legislative formula using population, crime statistics and law enforcement expenditure data. The jurisdiction of Peoria has been certified by the Department of Justice as a "zero-county' disparate jurisdiction and therefore must submit a joint application for the aggregate funds allotted them. A disparate jurisdiction occurs when a City is eligible for a "direct award" and the County is not, yet the County is responsible for providing criminal justice service such as prosecution and incarceration. The Peoria Police Department on behalf of the City of Peoria and the County of Peoria completed the application by the proscribed Department of Justice deadline. As in past years, the allotted amount will be shared by the City and County of Peoria per a long-standing mutual agreement based on operational costs of prosecution and incarceration. The JAG 2018 funding will provide the City of Peoria $36,907.1...
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