An ordinance approving a grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting through the Metropolitan Police Department for the Gang Resistance Education and Training program (G.R.E.A.T.).

Whereas, the United States Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting through the Metropolitan Police Department have entered into a cooperative agreement for the administration of the Gang Resistance Education and Training program in an amount not to exceed three hundred and one thousand, two hundred and eighteen dollars ($301,218) for the period of January 16, 2002 through January 15, 2003; and

Whereas, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be approved.

Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:

Section 1. That the cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting through the Metropolitan Police Department, for the Gang Resistance Education and Training program, in an amount not to exceed three hundred and one thousand, two hundred and eighteen dollars ($301,218), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan County Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

Section 2. That any amendments to this agreement shall be approved by resolution of the Metropolitan Council that receives at least twenty-one affirmative votes.

Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: James Dillard, Jim Shulman, Tony Derryberry

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	May 21, 2002
Passed First Reading:	May 21, 2002
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Public Safety Committee
Passed Second Reading:	June 4, 2002
Passed Third Reading:	June 11, 2002
Approved:	June 18, 2002
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