TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Douglas E. Smith, City Manager
DATE: September 29, 2015
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APPROVING AMENDMENT 1 TO THE 2014/2015 VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA) GRANT AGREEMENT NUMBER V073-14155, BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE CITY OF MARGATE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO FUND THE CITY OF MARGATE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S FULL-TIME VICTIM ADVOCATE POSITION; PROVIDING FOR TERM OF PHASE II OF THE AGREEMENT ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016; PROVIDING FOR PHASE II REIMBURSEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $39,308; PROVIDING FOR METHOD OF PAYMENT.
BACKGROUND: This Agreement* provides for continued funding of the Victim Advocate position through September 30, 2016. The Bureau of Advocacy and Grants Management required that this Amendment, received by the City on September 17, 2015, be executed by September 30, 2015. This was a time sensitive matter and I have approved this Agreement and retroactively request the approval of same by the City Commission.
*The State of Florida Office of the Attorney General used Grant No. V073-15155 in their correspondence, rather than V073-14155 listed on the attached Agreement, as the numbers are updated by the State upon receipt of funding for Phase II of the Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION: For Approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: Grant Amount - $39,308.00 - Funding is through the State of Florida Office of the Attorney General VOCA Grant Program. Balance of the salary is included in the 2015-2016 police department budget.
CONTACT PERSON: Dana Watson, Chief of Police