CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
EIGHTEENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-08-20 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Ken Sanchez by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Application For a Project Safe Neighborhoods Program From The New Mexico Department of Public Safety; Providing an Appropriation To The Police Department (Sanchez, by request)
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APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE ATTACHED GRANT APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM FROM THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque has as one of its goals to enhance local law enforcement efforts thereby providing for the public safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque is committed to creating safer neighborhoods by reducing gun violence and gun crime and sustaining that reduction; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque is committed to funding a Violent Crime Impact Team (VCIT) to reduce firearms-related violent crime; and
WHEREAS, grant funds in the amount of $11,500 will be used to pay officers overtime to execute ten (10) suppression/apprehension operations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque is desirous of accepting these funds for which indirect costs of $675 and FICA charges of $167 are required to support this grant and are available in the FY/08 Transfer to Operating Grants Fund Program in the General Fund.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. That the attached grant application is hereby made a part of this resolution, is hereby approved and its submission and filing with the appropriate official or office of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is in all respects approved.
Section 2. That upon award, funds in the amount of $11,500 from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and indirect costs of $675 ...
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