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File Number: 14-01042 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED: "2014 COPS HIRING
PROGRAM," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD
FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1,875,000.00, WITH A REQUIRED LOCAL CASH MATCH OF $1,911,909.00,
TOTALING $3,786,909.00; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID
GRANT, AND TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM, TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND
ADMINISTRATION OF SAID GRANT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the United States
Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to secure funding for the
hiring of new City police officers; and
WHEREAS, the City received notification that said application was selected for a COPS Hiring
Program ("CHP") grant for the hiring of fifteen (15) new full-time police officers, and awarded an
amount not to exceed $1,875,000.00, consisting of federal funds for a period of three (3) years, to fund
the salaries and benefits of said officers; and
WHEREAS, said CHP grant award requires the City to contribute a cash match towards the
total cost of the approved grant in an amount not to exceed $1,911,909.00; and
WHEREAS, the sum of the CHP grant award and the City's cash match towards the program
funding for the duration of the three (3) year period totals an amount not to exceed $3,786,909.00; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to retaining all fifteen (15) sworn officer positions awarded
under this CHP grant with City funds for a minimum of at least one (1) year following the conclusion of
the three (3) year period of federal funding, pursuant to the provisions of this award; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is authorized to accept this CHP grant award and establish a
Special Revenue Fund for the appropriation of said grant funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: 2014 COPS Hiring Program
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RESOURCES: United States Department of Justice,
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
LOCAL MATCH: City of Miami
APPROPRIATIONS: 2014 COPS Hiring Program
$1, 875, 000.00
$1,911,909.00
$3,786,909.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1 } to accept said grant award and execute the
necessary documents, in substantially the attached form, to implement acceptance of said grant.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
V CTORIA MENDEZ,pe
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10)
calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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