File #: O-213-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 4/18/2024 In control: Police Operations Department
On agenda: 5/8/2024 Final action: 5/8/2024
Title: Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and to accept and deposit an OCJS Violence Against Women Act Grant in the amount of $29,885.71 for the Toledo Police Department Domestic Violence Unit; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation Grants fund; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Video: City Council 5/8/2024

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VAWA Grant 2023-WF-VA3-8841 $29,885.71
Toledo Police Department
Lt. Brianne Holmes (x3203)
Revised

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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and to accept and deposit an OCJS Violence Against Women Act Grant in the amount of $29,885.71 for the Toledo Police Department Domestic Violence Unit; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation Grants fund; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has recommended to the Office of Criminal Justice Services an award to the City of Toledo of $29,885.71 from grant funds under the 2023-WF-VA3-8841 Violence Against Women Act Program (VAWA) to continue the Toledo Police Domestic Violence Unit. The grant funds will be used to fund training, equipment and overtime for domestic violence investigations. There is no cash match. There is an in-kind match of $9,961.90, which is a portion of the assigned officers' salary.

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 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and to accept and deposit Violence Against Women Act Grant proceeds in the amount of $29,885.71 into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-52000-3G07344STDSTD for the Toledo Police Department Domestic Violence Unit.

SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $29,885.71 from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund is authorized to Account Code 2016-52000-3G07344STDSTD; and the expenditure of same is authorized for the Toledo Police Department Domestic Violence Unit.

SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw their warrant or warrants against the above-mentioned Account Code in an amount not to exceed $29,885.71 in payment of the obligations authorized above by the terms of the grant upon presentation of the ...

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