HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-250 CCR Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 90 -250
RESOLUTION APPROVING PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT
AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM DRUG
FORFEITURE MONIES
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, 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
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
RESOLUTION NO. 90 -250
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Chief of Police have
recommended the purchase of eleven mobile telephones for official use only
which are not for personal use, one Marlin 9 mm carbine, and five mikes for
portable radios and one month's telephone service on the ten new phones; and
have further recommended that these costs be appropriated from the balance
of the drug forfeiture money; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Chief of Police have
recommended the use of these funds for training of officers in the new
handguns, Hennepin Anoka Drug Task Force expanded expenses, and monthly
telephone service on the ten new police phones all to occur in 1991.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Brooklyn Center to authorize the purchase of eleven mobile
telephones from U.S. West at a cost of $4,389 ($399 each), one Marlin 9 mm
carbine with case at a cost of $230, five mikes for portable radios at a cost of
$360 ($72 each), and one month's airtime for the ten mobile telephones at a
cost of $250 ($25 per phone); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to authorize an appropriation of
$5,229 from forfeited property proceeds for this purchase; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to amend the 1990 General Fund
Budget as follows:
Increase the Appropriations for the following line items:
Police Protection #31, Other Equipment Account #4552 $4,979
Police Protection #31, Telephones and Telegraph #4322 $250
Increase the Estimated Revenues from the following; line items:
Forfeited Drug Money, Account #3897 $5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to authorize the expenditure of
$6 for training in new police weapons, $3,008 for the Hennepin Anoka
Drug Task Force, and $3,350 for air time charges for the new mobile
telephones in the 1991 budget; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to amend the 1991 General Fund
Budget as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 90 -25
Increase the Appropriations for the following line items:
Police Protection #31, Training Account #4411 $6,000
Police Protection #31, Drug Task Force Account #4410 $3,008
Police Protection #31, Telephones and Telegraph #4322 $3,350
Increase the Estimated Revenues from the following line items:
Transfer from Fund Balance, Account #3960 $12,358*
*These funds were received in 1990, but will not be spent until 1991.
Unexpended funds at year end revert to Fund Balance.
December 3, 1990
Date Mayor
ATTEST: Qcd��IAL',PCI'N
Deputy Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Todd Paulson and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof Dean Nyquist, Celia Scott, and Todd Paulson;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.