RESOLUTION NO. RS2011-1717

A resolution approving an application for the COPS Hiring Recovery Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice, to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Police Department, to pay salary expenses for an additional fifty officers.

WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice, is accepting applications for the COPS Hiring Recovery Grant in an amount not to exceed $10,246,315.00 with no cash match required; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,

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

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That the application for the COPS Hiring Recovery Grant to pay salary expenses for an additional fifty officers, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to submit said grant application to the U. S. Department of Justice.

Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Megan Barry

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Referred to: Budget & Finance Committee
Public Safety Committee
Introduced: June 21, 2011
Adopted: June 21, 2011
Approved: June 22, 2011
By: mayor's signature