NUMB:
VERS
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Resolution authorizing the acceptance and use of an additional $300,000 award amount for the 1999 HIDTA grant.
ANLS:
This resolution authorizes the Department of Administration's Community Block Grant Administration (DOA-CBGA) to accept additional funding for the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant. The additional funds of $300,000, will be received by the City and disbursed to the Safe and Sound Program - which will be monitored by CBGA.
BODY:
Whereas, The Common Council, in File Number 981634 approved funding for 1999 HIDTA grant for the Department of Administration's Community Development Block Grant Administration; and
Whereas, The DOA-CBGA has been granted an additional $300,000 by The United Stated Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); and
Whereas, The entire $300,000, shall be grantor share; and Whereas, The Safe and Sound Program was designed to implement tough law enforcement and prevention goals by offering after school and weekend Safe Havens that provide educational, social, and recreational activities for youth; and
Whereas, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee has agreed to serve as the fiscal agent to facilitate the disbursement of HIDTA funds to the Safe and Sound Program; and
Whereas, It is in the best interest of the City to serve as a conduit for the receipt and disbursement of the additional $300,000 of federal funds from ONDCP for the Safe and Sound Program; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the DOA-CBGA is authorized to accept and expend the additional $300,000 relating to the HIDTA Project; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to:
Commit Funds within the Project/Grant Parent of the 1999 Special Revenue Grant and Aid Projects Fund, the following amounts for the program/project titled High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Project (HIDTA):
Project/Grant Fund Org Program BY SubClass Acct
GR0009000000 0150 9990 0001 0000 R999 000600
Project Amount
Grantor Share $300,000
Further Resolved, That these funds are budgeted for the Community Development Block Administration which is authorized to:
1. Expend from the amount budgeted for specified purposes as indicated in the grant budget and incur costs consistent with the award date; and
2. Enter into subcontracts and leases as detailed in the grant budget.
DFTR:
99HIDTA-T2+
08/19/99