SR-701-001 (9)
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March 12, 1985
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Sa~ta MonIca, Califo~nla
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TO: Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM: CIty Staff
SUBJECT: Acceptance of Grant Awa~d and T~ansfe~ of Funds for
Motorcycle T~affic Section
INTRODUCTION
ThIS report requests the CIty Council to accept a grant award
from the State's OffIce of Traffic Safety, to authorIze a trans-
fer of funds in the 1984-85 budget to purchase start-up equipment
for the Motorcycle TraffIC SectIon and to increase the staffIng
In the OperatIons DiviSIon by six police offICer positions.
BACKGROUND
At the January 8, 1985, CIty CounCIl Meetl~g, CounCIl passed a
resclution apprOVIng the applIcation for grant funds to develop a
Motorcycle T~affic SectIon. The grant funds the proJect for a
two-year perIod commencIng AprIl 1, 1985, and ending March 31,
1985. At that time, a detaIled fundi~g plan was transmItted to
Cou~CIl reportIng the total grant at $751,815. SInce then, a
final grant agreement has been reached and the tetal approved at
$598,968. The $152,847 dlfference 15 an IDcrease to the CItytS
pet two-year contrlbut~cn whereby the CIty WIll aSSIgn a sergea~t
to SUperVIse the SectIon plus ffilscellaneous adjustments to over-
tIme. The Clty funds ~eeded for flscal years 1985-86 and 1986-87
WIll be Included In the budget for those years.
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Of ImmedIate conce~n IS the funds to purchase start-up equipment
for the program. Those funds, $67,312 1n the OperatIon Divi-
Slon's 01-300-305-000-100 Salaries and Wages aCC0unt, need to be
transferred Into Capital Outlay account ($60,718) and Supplies
and Expenses account ($6,594).
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Cou~cll:
1. Approve the grant award from the State's Office of TraffIC
Safety.
2. Approve the transfer of $67,312 from SalarIes and Wages to
Capital Outlay and Supply and Expense accounts within the
Police Department's 1984-85 budget.
3. App~ove the increase of SIX p0lice officer positIons In the
Police Department's OperatIons DIvision.
Prepared by: James F. Keane, ChIef of Pollee