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AGENDA ITEM
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Apply for the Department of Justice
Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) FY 2015 Competitive Grant
MEETING DATE: June 17, 2015
PREPARED BY: Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Apply for the
Department of Justice Technology Innovation for Public Safety
(TIPS) FY 2015 Competitive Grant
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Assistance is seeking applications for the 2015 Technology
Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) program.
The grant solicitation funding goals include promoting information sharing and collaboration within and
among criminal justice agencies with roles in preventing and investigating crime, developing and
enhancing policies and practices that leverage technology to promote public safety and reduce crime,
and improving the quantity and quality of evidence -based justice information -sharing programs.
The Lodi Police Department has identified many deficiencies in the current computer-aided dispatch
system (CAD), which was implemented in 2009. The department would like to take this opportunity to
apply for funding a new CAD system that will meet the needs of the department and enhance the
department data -sharing with prosecutors and courts, eliminating duplication of efforts and inefficient
business practices. The grant application must meet a July 2, 2015 deadline.
FISCAL IMPACT: Application for these federal grant funds assists the department in meeting
its technology needs without using General Fund revenues.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Appropriations and estimated revenues for this grant funding will be
brought forward at grant acceptance.
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Jordan Ayers
Deputy City Manager/Internal Services Director
Tod Patterson
Interim Chief of Police
APPROVED: ",X— � �_ f
Steve Schwabauer, City—Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-91
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (TIPS)
FISCAL YEAR 2015 COMPETITIVE GRANT
WHEREAS, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Assistance is seeking applications for the 2015 Technology Innovation for Public
Safety (TIPS) program; and
WHEREAS, the grant solicitation funding goals promote information sharing and
collaboration within and among criminal justice agencies with roles in preventing and
investigating crime, developing and enhancing policies and practices that leverage
technology to promote public safety and reduce crime, and improving the quantity and
quality of evidence -based justice information -sharing programs; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Police Department has identified many deficiencies in the
current CAD system implemented in 2009 and would like to take this opportunity to apply
for a new CAD system that will meet the needs of the department and enhance the
department data -sharing with prosecutors and courts; and
WHEREAS, the grant application must meet a July 2, 2015 deadline.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to apply for the Department of Justice Technology Innovation
for Public Safety (TIPS) Fiscal Year 2015 Competitive Grant.
Dated: June 17, 2015
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2015-91 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a special meeting held June 17, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi,
and Mayor Johnson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
PAMELA M. FARRIS
Deputy City Clerk
2015-91