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File ID: #18607
Date: 12/01/2025
Commission Meeting Date: 01/08/2026
Requesting Department: Department of
Police
Sponsored By:
District Impacted: All
Type: Resolution
Subject: Establish - Special Revenue Project - FY'2025 COPS Hiring Grant Program
Purpose of Item:
A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachments, establishing a Special
Revenue Project titled "FY 2025 COPS Hiring Program;" authorizing the City Manager
to accept a grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00, with a required
local cash match of $7,614,648.00, totaling $10,614,648.00; appropriating said funds to
the Miami Police Department for the hiring of twenty-four new law enforcement officers;
authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents to accept the grant,
in substantially the attached form; further authorizing the City Manager to designate the
Chief of Police or other designee to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary
documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, to implement the acceptance
and administration of the funds in compliance with the requirements of the award
agreement.
Background of Item:
The City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the United States Department
of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services ("COPS") to receive a grant
for the hiring of 24 new law enforcement officers ("Application"). The City received
approval of the Application with a grant award in an amount not to exceed
$3,000,000.00 for a five-year grant period to support the salaries and fringe benefits of
the twenty-four (24) new law enforcement officers. The local match required for this
award is $7,614,648.00. As a condition of the grant award, the City must retain the
funded positions for at least one (1) year after the grant period ends.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is Related to Revenue
Item is an Expenditure
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
Total Fiscal Impact:$10,614,648.00 in the aggregated ($3,000,000 Grant + $7,614,648.00 Cash
Match)
Special Revenue Account No: 12000.190101.various - ($10,614,648.00)
Department of Police
Department of Police
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Reviewed B
Jorge Blanco
Manuel Morales
Luis Hernandez -Torres
Leon P Michel
Arthur Noriega V
Valentin J Alvarez
Juan Carlos Perez
George K. Wysong III
Maricarmen Lopez
Mayor's Office
City Clerk's Office
City Clerk's Office
Initial Police Review
Department Head Review
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Meeting
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Signed by the Mayor Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed
Rendered Completed
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-26-0019
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 18607 Final Action Date:1/8/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FY 2025 COPS HIRING
PROGRAM;" AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD
FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE
MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00), WITH A REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH OF SEVEN
MILLION SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS ( $7,614,648.00), TOTALING TEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN
THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($10,614,648.00);
APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
HIRING OF TWENTY FOUR (24) NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED
FORM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CHIEF
OF POLICE OR OTHER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH
THE GRANT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the United States
Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services ("COPS") to receive
available grant funds for the hiring of twenty-four (24) new law enforcement officers
("Application"); and
WHEREAS, the City received approval of the Application with a grant award in an
amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for a five-year grant period to support the salaries and
benefits of the twenty-four (24) new law enforcement officers; and
WHEREAS, the local match required for this award is $7,614,648.00; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of the grant award, the City must retain the funded positions
for at least one (1) year after the grant period ends;
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Manager to accept the grant funds for the
provision of additional law enforcement officers and to establish a special revenue fund for the
appropriation of the 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 if 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: FY 2025 COPS Hiring Program
RESOURCES: U. S. Department of Justice, Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services $3,000,000.00
LOCAL MATCH:
City of Miami $7,614,648.00
APPROPRIATIONS: FY 2025 COPS Hiring Program $10,614,648.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the grant award and appropriate
funds for the hiring of twenty-four (24) new law enforcement officers and to execute the
necessary documents for the acceptance of the grant funds, in substantially the attached form
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to designate the Chief of Police or
other designee to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, to implement the administration and compliance with the grant.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge = . Wy y ng III, C ty ttor 12/28/2025
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may
be imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City
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 of Miami Commission.