File #: 23-341    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/22/2023 In control: Public Safety Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/14/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES REGARDING THE GUN INVOLVED VIOLENCE ELIMINATION GRANT AND AMENDING THE 2023 PROBATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Sponsors: Public Safety Committee
Attachments: 1. GIVE Grant Renewal, 2. 4373 RLA Form, 3. Albany County Probation Department, 4. Budget Amend Operation GIVE, 5. 22-383, 6. 23-341 PS 11 - TMP-4373 Probation Give Grant Authorization - annexed

RESOLUTION NO. 341

 

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES REGARDING THE GUN INVOLVED VIOLENCE ELIMINATION GRANT AND AMENDING THE 2023 PROBATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET

 

                                          Introduced: 8/14/23
                                          By Public Safety Committee:

 

                     WHEREAS, The Director of the Probation Department has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services regarding the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) grant in the amount of $58,686 for the term commencing July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The Director has indicated that the GIVE grant is a partnership between the Probation Department, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office, and the City of Albany Police Department and that funding will assist in monitoring individuals sentenced to Probation after being convicted of a gun-related crimes, and

 

WHEREAS, The Director has indicated that a budget amendment is necessary to incorporate the aforementioned grant funding, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services regarding the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) grant in the amount of $58,686 for the term commencing July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the 2023 Probation Department Budget is hereby amended as indicated on the spreadsheet annexed hereto, and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.