Title
Federal LECFTF Funding for Grant Match for Bulletproof Vests (B)
Explanation
This is to request a grant match out of forfeiture funds for the amount of $27,443.00. The Gainesville Police Department has submitted a grant for bulletproof vests and the match amount required is $27,443.00. Matching funds for federal grant programs is allowed as long as the grant funds are used for a permissible law enforcement purpose and bulletproof (body armor) is an appropriate purchase.
Fiscal Note
Funds in the amount of $27,443.00 for this expenditure are available in the Federal Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund and is allowable per Federal 21 U.S.C. 881, found in the U.S. Department of Justice "A Guide to Equitable Sharing of Federally Forfeited Property for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies". The balance in the account is $1,783,642.00.
Recommendation
The City Commission approve the appropriation of the amount of $27,443 from the Federal Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund for the grant match for the bulletproof vest grant.