3. Resolution 5422 - Grant Acceptance and Appropriation - Municipal CourtKalispell Municipal Court
Judge Heidi Ulbricht
Post office Box 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997 - Telephone (400)758-7705 Fax (400)758--7758
TU: Mayor Tammi Fisher and Kalispell City Council
FROM: Judge Heidi Ulbricht
SUBJECT: Kalispell Municipal DUI Court Implementation Grant
MEETING DATE: April 5, 2010
BACKGROUND: On October 13, 2009 the Montana Department of Transportation
awarded a grant to the City of Kalispell for continued funding of the Kalispell Municipal
DUI (KMDUI) Court. The grant period covers October 1, 2009 thru September 30, 2010.
The KMDUI Court is a specialty treatment court for adult misdemeanor DUI offenders.
The court became operational in January 2009 and is successfully assisting DUI
offenders to become law-abiding and productive members of society through frequent
court appearances, intensive supervised probation, evidence -based alcohol and drug
treatment, case management, frequent and random drug testing, and use of advanced
alcohol testing and monitoring equipment. The program which has been designed to
allow for 25 active participants each year, also focuses on the relicensing and reinsuring
of DUI offenders.
RECOMMENDATION: The Court recommends the City Council pass the resolution
accepting the MDOT Grant in the amount of $105,000.
FISCAL IMPACTS: The City has an in -kind match for the Judge, Court Administrator,
Adjutant City Attorney and a Kalispell Police officer. Any additional expenses are
budgeted in the Kalispell Municipal Court budget.
Heidi Ulbricht
Kalispell Municipal Court Judge
RESOLUTIONi APPROPRIATIONS OF THE CITY /
KALISPELL, MONTANA, AS SET FORTH IN THE 2009-2010 BUDGET ADOPTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTANCE OF A MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2009, the City Council adopted Resolution 5389 adopting the
annual appropriations of the City of Kalispell for fiscal year 2009-2010; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 2009, the City of Kalispell was informed that it was a recipient of
a grant award from the Montana Department of Transportation in the amount of
$105,000 for continued funding of the Kalispell Municipal DUI Court; and
WHEREAS, said funds available to the City were not appropriated pursuant to Section 7-6-
4271, and an increase of appropriation authority is needed.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the City Council hereby accepts the Montana Department of
Transportation Grant in the amount of up to $105,000.
SECTION II. That the City Council hereby appropriates up to the suns of $105,000 and
directs the Finance Director to allocate said amount.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 5TH DAY OF .APRIL, 2010.
M. Duane Larson
Council President
Theresa White
City Clerk