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REQUEST FOR ACTION To Item Number Ma or and Ci Council 6.5. Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration Jeffrey Beahen, Chief of Police Item Description Reviewed by Request for Review of COPS Funding Process Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested I am requesting that the Council review the COPS funding process and give the Police Department guidance on whether or not we should remain in this competitive arena which is dependent on future funding abilities. Background/Discussion The Police Department applied for a COPS hiring grant in July of 2009. That was brought before the Council for approval, which was granted. The intent of the process at that time was to see if we became eligible for the funding, and then determine if the City desired to remain part of the funding dependent on predicted budgets for the next four years. We did not receive the funding during the initial allotment but we were placed on a waiting list for the next round of grants. On April 13, 2010, we received information that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) was recently authorized to open the 2010 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) and will award $298 million to address the full-time sworn needs of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide and to increase their capacity to engage in community policing. In 2010, COPS will select CHP grantees from the existing pool of 6,000- 2009 COPS Hiring Recovery Program Applications. COPS will not accept new applications and expects to make fewer than 500 awards with the limited. funding available. In early June we will be asked to supply targeted updates to our application. We will have two weeks tc work on and provide this new information. We will also be asked to describe our department's current and planned community policing efforts, community partnerships and other community initiatives. Financial Impact There is financial impact to the City. The first three years of the COPS hire is paid for by Federal funding. The City would have to agree to fund one full year of continued employment after the new hire completes their third full year of employment. The City is not obligated to retain the officer after the end of the fourth year. In terms of our budget, there would be no impact until September of 2013. The 2013 budget would be impacted by adding the estimated $17,000 in wages and benefits. The 2014 budget year would at a C:\Users\jmiller\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\OLKE8DB\Action Requested-approval of towing agreements 2008.doc