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Personnel Committee Meeting Date: 04/26/2011 By: Jim Way, Police Title: Consideration to Allow for Completion of a COPS Grant Application 4. 1. Background: On April 18, 2011, the Office of Community Orientated Policing Services (COPS) announced the availability of funding under the COPS Hiring Program (CHP). CHP is a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies having primary law enforcement authority to impact their community policing capacity and problem solving efforts. There is no local match requirement for CHP, but grant funding will be based on current entry-level salary and benefits packages, and therefore any additional costs for higher salaries or benefits for particular individuals hired will be the responsibility of the grantee agency. CHP grants will provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for 3 years (36 months) for newly -hired, full-time sworn officer positions (including filling existing unfunded vacancies) or for rehired officers who have been laid off, or are scheduled to be laid off on a future date, as a result of local budget cuts. Grantees must retain all sworn officer positions awarded under the CHP grant for a period of one year (12 months) following the conclusion of grant funding. The retained CHP-funded position(s) should be added to the grantee's law enforcement budget with state and/or local funds, over and above the number of locally -funded positions that would have existed in the absence of the grant. The application period begins May 2, 2011 and the deadline is May 25.2011. Observations: Staff anticipates about 8-10 hours of staff time to complete the on-line application. Recommendation: Staff recommends completing an application for one additional officer. If Ramsey is selected, the Council may then make a decision to accept the grant or reject it. Funding Source: None at this time. Council Action: Direct staff to complete an application for one additional officer. Form Review Inbox Reviewed By Date Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 04/21/2011 08:45 Ail Form Started By: Jim Way Started On: 04/19/2011 11:26 AM Final Approval Date: 04/21/2011