NUMB:
981634
VERS
SUBSTITUTE 2
REF:
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Substitute resolution relative to application, acceptance and funding of the 1999 HIDTA grant award.
ANLS:
This resolution authorized the Department of Administration's Community Block Grant Administration (CBGA) to apply for, accept, and fund the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant. The funds, totaling $500,000, will be received by the City and disbursed to the Safe and Sound Program - which will be monitored by CBGA.
BODY:
Whereas, The United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has established the HIDTA grant which combines the efforts of federal, state and local anti-drug and law enforcement agencies to combat drug trade and use; and
Whereas, The terms of the grant require that the grant be made to a government agency; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible to receive these grant funds from ONDCP; 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 $500,000 of federal funds from ONDCP for the Safe and Sound Program; and
Whereas, The operation of this grant project from 1/1/99 to 12/31/99 would cost $507,372 of which $7,372 would be provided by the city and $500,000 would be provided as the grantor share; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that application to ONDCP is authorized and that CBGA shall accept this grant without further approval unless the terms of the grant change as indicated in Common Council File No. 94...
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