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File #: O-331-25    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 6/17/2025 In control: Police Operations Department
On agenda: 7/15/2025 Final action: 7/15/2025
Title: Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Office of Criminal Justice services (OCJS) and to accept and deposit a 2023 Project Safe Neighborhood grant in the amount of $20,564.80 for the Toledo Police Department; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation Grants fund; and declaring an emergency.

 

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PSN 2023-PS-PSN-56344 $20,564.80

Toledo Police Department

Lt. Brianne Holmes (x3203)

Revised

 

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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Office of Criminal Justice services (OCJS) and to accept and deposit a 2023 Project Safe Neighborhood grant in the amount of $20,564.80 for the Toledo Police Department; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation Grants fund; and declaring an emergency.

 

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has recommended to the Office of Criminal Justice services (OCJS) an award to the City of Toledo of $20,564.80 from grant funds under the

2023-PS-PSN-56344 Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) program to support funding of the Toledo Police Department. The funds will be used for overtime. There are no matching requirements.

 

Summary

NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

 

SECTION 1.  That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance through OCJS and to accept and deposit 2023 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant proceeds in the amount of $20,564.80 into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-52000-3G20196STDSTD.

 

SECTION 2.  That the appropriation of $20,564.80 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund to various accounts within Account Code 2016-52000-3G20196STDSTD; and further authorizing the expenditure of same for departmental overtime.

 

SECTION 3.  That the Finance Director is authorized to draw a warrant or warrants against the above mentioned Account Code in an amount not to exceed $20,564.80 in payment of the obligations authorized above by the terms of the grant upon presentation of the proper documentation of the expense.

 

SECTION 4.  That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and to satisfy the requirements of the grant.

 

 

Vote on emergency clause:  yeas 12, nays 0.

 

Passed:  July 15, 2025, as an emergency measure:  yeas 12, nays 0.

 

Attest:                                          

Julie A. Gibbons                                          Carrie Hartman

Clerk of Council                                          President of Council

 

Approved:                                                               July 17, 2025

Wade Kapszukiewicz

Mayor