| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 6.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | Todd D. Elgin
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Police
| | Subject: | Approval to accept Fiscal Year 2017-18 Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) funds. (Amount: $269,705) (Action Item) | Date: | 3/13/2018 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To gain City Council approval to accept funding from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) for Fiscal Year 2017-18 for approximately $269,705, as well as any growth funds that may be disbursed to the City at a later date, and to appropriate these funds for front-line law enforcement services. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Police Department receives an annual allocation from the State through the county Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA). SLESA funding for local government assists local law enforcement agencies by providing additional resources for front-line law enforcement services and/or capital projects that directly support such services, and is not intended to supplant current funding.
The City’s allocation for FY 2017-18 is approximately $269,705. By statute, the monies allocated “…to a recipient entity shall be expended exclusively to provide front line law enforcement services. These moneys shall not be used by local agencies to supplant other funding for Public Safety Services...” (Government Code §30062(a)). Additional FY 2017-18 growth funds may also be disbursed to the City after July 1, 2018, but the amount will not be known until the disbursement is made.
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| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
These funds are used to make purchases that directly support the delivery of front line law enforcement services, such as electronic citation devices and mobile computer terminals for patrol vehicles. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the City’s General Fund as a result of this allocation. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Approve the acceptance of Fiscal Year 2017-18 Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Account (SLESA) funds in the amount of $269,705, as well as and any additional Fiscal Year 2017-18 growth funds disbursed to the City after July 1, 2018; and
- Appropriate these funds as received to the Police Department budget for front-line law enforcement services.
By: Courtney Allison, Fiscal Analyst
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