File #: ID 2018-506    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2018 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 9/26/2018 Final action: 9/26/2018
Title: APPROVING A DONATION OF $4,800.00 TO THE "FLORIDA MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY FOUNDATION INC.", PROVIDING FOR FUNDING FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
Attachments: 1. BACKGROUND, 2. RESOLUTION, 3. CORRESPONDENCE

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Samuel A. May, City Manager

 

DATE:                     September 26, 2018

 

 

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APPROVING A DONATION OF $4,800.00 TO THE “FLORIDA MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY FOUNDATION INC.”, PROVIDING FOR FUNDING FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.

 

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BACKGROUND:                                          

In accordance with the Florida Contraband Act, the Margate Police Department is required to expend or donate no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the fiscal years total collection of state forfeiture funds to a charitable organization within the guidelines of Florida State Statute 932.7055.

 

The Florida Missing Children’s Day Foundation Inc. was created pursuant to FS 683.231 to provide Florida Department of Law Enforcement with assistance, funding, and promotional support for activities authorized for Florida Missing Children. Each year parents, children, law enforcement officers and citizens gather to remember Florida’s missing children who are still missing and those who will never return home.

                                                            

FISCAL IMPACT:                              Law Enforcement Trust Fund

                                                                        118-1810-521.82.20 (State)

 

RECOMMENDATION:  Approval

 

CONTACT PERSON:     Jonathan Shaw, Acting Chief of Police