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Resolution 4417 - COPS Block Grant1824 RESOLUTION NO. 4417 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT TO FUND OVERTIME FOR POLICE WORKING OVERTIME RELATED TO JUVENILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND BIKE PATROLS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT AND LOCAL PARKS. WHEREAS, the Kalispell Police Department has proposed instituting a program whereby officers would engage in bike patrol within the business district and local parks to deal with juvenile substance abuse and community oriented policing, and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice has available a Local Law Enforcement Grant Program (COPS) to fund overtime for officers engaged in the type of program proposed by the Kalispell Police Department, and WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell desires to avail itself of the COPS program for the purposes designated by the Kalispell Police Department. WHEREAS, the Grant, in the amount of $9,323.00, would be a Special Revenue Fund, 2918, Local Law Enforcement Block Grant, in the fiscal 1999 budget. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. That the City Council hereby approves the application by the Kalispell Police Department for a U.S. Department of Justice, COPS Grant, in the amount of $9,323.00 for the purpose of providing overtime in combating juvenile substance abuse and community oriented policing. PASSED BY THE CITY 9OUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS ' DAY OF AUGUST, 1998. Wm l . b nhar i - Wm. E. Boharski - Mayor Attest: Theresa White Clerk of Council 1:\wp\copsgrant.wpd 1