HomeMy Public PortalAbout016-2020 - Grant - Department of Justice - Body Armor EquipmentCOMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO. 16-2020
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF REIMBURSEMENT
GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WHEREAS, In accordance with Indiana Code (IC) 36-1-4-10, a municipality may execute any
documents necessary to receive money from the state or federal government or
any other source, and said documents are prepared and executed by the City
executive administration, provided that the Common Council of the City of
Richmond as the legislative body of the City approves an ordinance for the
appropriation of any monies received in accordance with IC 36-4-6-18; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") has federal grant funding
available through its fiscal year 2020 grant reimbursement programs; and
WHEREAS, The City of Richmond Police Department ("Police Department") desires to
submit grant applications to obtain funds for reimbursements for the purchase of
replacement and updated tactical body armor equipment ("equipment") for the
Special Weapons and Tactics ("SWAT") Division of the Department and
replacement of the equipment is budgeted within the 2020 appropriated funds for
the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, A local match is required in the form of up -front purchases of the equipment by
the Police Department and the DOJ could grant the Police Department up to fifty
percent (50%) of the purchase costs upon award of any of the reimbursement
grants applied for by the Department as described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, as follows:
1. The City of Richmond Police Department ("Police Department) has submitted or
will submit, as authorized by IC 36-1-4-10, a series of reimbursement grant
applications to the United State Department of Justice ("DOJ").
2. The Police Department is authorized to accept said grant funding in an amount up
to Thirty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($30,000.00) in the form of an up to
fifty percent (50%) match for the reimbursement of the above -described up -front
purchase costs upon award of any of the reimbursement grant funds to the Police
Department by the DOJ.
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3. Said funds, if awarded, shall be appropriated to fund the purchase of replacement
and updated tactical body armor equipment for the SWAT Division of the Police
Department.
Passed and adopted this (� day of 2020, by the Common Council of the City
of Richmond, Indiana.
President
(Ron Oler, Ph.D.)
ATTEST: c1
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, thi day o 1 , 2020,
at 9:00 a.m.
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
At ROVED by me, David M. Snow, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana this day of
61-1 , 2020, atei�-
Mayor
(Davi
ATTEo' �
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
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