HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-090 CCR Member Celia Scott introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 91 -90
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 1991 GENERAL FUND
BUDGET TO REAPPROPRIATE DRUG FORFEITURE
MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE AND APPROVING
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM DRUG FORFEITURE
MONIES
WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the City Charter does provide the City
Council with the authority to appropriate funds from accumulated surplus in
an amount equal to a previous appropriation in the General Fund Budget, if
not in fact expended or encumbered for that purpose in the previous fiscal
year; and
WHEREAS, the City did have $430 left in the drug forfeiture
account #3897 at the end of 1990; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the City Charter does provide for the
increase of a budget appropriation by the City Council if the actual receipts
exceed the estimates, but not to exceed the actual receipts; and
WHEREAS, the actual receipts for the drug forfeiture account
#3897 do exceed the estimates by $8,828.41; and
WHEREAS, 1988 Laws of Minnesota C.665 provides for seizure
and forfeiture of property used in commission of crime and proceeds of crime
and contraband; and
WHEREAS, said laws require that said property kept under said
laws may be used only in the performance of official duties of the appropriate
agency and may not be used for any other purpose; and
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WHEREAS, 70% of the sale of the property may be used by the
Brooklyn Center Police Department as a supplement to its operating fund for
use in law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, by the adoption of Resolution No.
88 -195 on November 21, 1988; did authorize the Director of Finance to
appropriate said proceeds to the Police Department Budget as they are
received to the extent that said proceeds exceed five thousand dollars in any
calendar year and then said excess will be reported to the City Council for its
appropriation; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Chief of Police have
recommended the purchase of fifty (50) recorders and two (2) telephones; and
have further recommended that these costs be appropriated from the balance
of the drug forfeiture money.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Brooklyn Center to authorize the purchase of fifty recorders for a
cost of $2,700; two telephones with nine months service and activation fees for
a cost of $1,810; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to authorize an appropriation of
$4,510 from forfeited property proceeds for this purchase; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to amend the 1991 General Fund
Budget as follows:
1) Increase the Estimated Revenues for Transfer from Fund
Balance (01 -3960) by $430.
2) Increase the Estimated Revenues from Forfeited Drug
Money (01 -3897) by $4,080.
3) Increase the Appropriations for the following line items:
a) Police Protection #31, Other Equipment Account
#4552, $1,200.
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b) Police Protection #31, Telephones and Telegraph
#4322, $610.
c) Police Protection #31, Operating Supplies #4220,
$2,700.
March 25, 1991
Date Todd Paulson, Mayor
ATTEST: �CU.RLa
Deputy Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Jerry Pedlar and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof:
Todd Paulson, Celia Scott, Jerry Pedlar, Dave Rosene, and Philip Cohen;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.