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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 445 Minnesota Street Suite 1000 North Central Life Tower Paul, MN 55101-2128 Y ONLY: (612) 282-6555 Fax: (612) 297-5728 Telephone (VOICE): (612) 296-6642 September 3, 1997 STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Chief Tom Zerwas Elk River Police Dept. P.O. Box 723 Elk River, MN 55330 Dear Chief Zerwas: I am pleased to inform you that your agency has been awarded a grant under the 1997 Omnibus Crime Bill - Community Oriented Policing Grant for Overtime. The amount your agency will be awarded is $15,000. If the grant award is different from the amount requested, you are required to submit a revised budget for the amount of the award. The grant agreement cannot be processed until the revised budget is received. Please submit this revised budget no later than Friday, October 3, 1997. The total amount available under this grant for FY 1998 was $1,102,000. There were sixty-six (66) applications for a grand total of over $2.6 Million. Nine (9) applicants were funded at or near the requested level, forty-four (44) were funded at a lower level than requested and thirteen (13) applications did not receive funding. The limited availability of resources made it impossible to fund every project. Detailed instructions on important areas of this grant will follow this letter. I am, however, including some basic information: The grants will be disbursed on a quarterly reimbursement basis. You may request an advance of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the grant amount, after the grant agreement has been finalized. There will be quarterly reporting requirements. The quarterly reports and invoices will be due by the 10th day of the month following the end of the quarter. Over the next couple of weeks I will be preparing the grant agreements and submitting them to the proper areas for approval. Once this task is complete, the agreement will be sent to you for your signature. After all signatures have been received, requests for advances will be processed. Enclosed, for your information, is a sample "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT." This resolution to accept these grant funds must be passed by your governing body. The person signing this resolution, and any resulting grant agreement, must be authorized by the governing body to accept and expend these funds. This resolution must be provided to me as soon as possible but before October 3, 1997. I look forward to working with you this year. lfyou have any questions, please don't hesitate to call. My telephone number is (612) 297-1697. 7~drely' Rosalind R. Sullivan Grants Coordinator AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER