2024-R-317
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant in the amount of $3,125,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Program. The City of Laredo will utilize this funding to hire 25 new police officers for a period of three years. The 2024 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant provides a maximum federal share of $125,000.00 per officer position of the approved entry level salaries and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or rehired full time sworn career law enforcement officer over the three years grant period. The City of Laredo is required to provide a matching contribution of $4,801,000.00 from the General Fund, which will be allocated across Fiscal Years 2025, 2026, and 2027. This brings the total project budget to $7,926,000.00. Funding is available in the Special Police Fund - COPS Hiring Program.
- Committee
- City Council
- Requested by
- Police
- Introduced
- October 11, 2024
- On agenda
- October 28, 2024