ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Chief of Police with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE and ACCEPT the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROVISION OF SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC FROM NAMED LINE GRF-SOURCE from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO), to be Submitted by October 28, 2022, in the Amount of $3,000,000.00; and,
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2022-2023 BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the General Fund to Recognize the Receipt of a GRANT from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Providing the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Provision of Services to the Public from Named Line GRF-Source, from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO), in the Amount of $3,000,000.00; and,
C. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to Execute an INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, between the City of Peoria and PEORIA COUNTY, under the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Provision of Services to the Public from Named Line GRF-Source, in the Amount of $434,877.54.
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BACKGROUND: In April 2022, the City of Peoria received notification of available funding from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Program in the amount of $3,000,000.00. This DCEO Program allows states and units of 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 to them. A disparate jurisdiction occurs when a City is eligible for a "...
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