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<br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Fred A. Maas, Chief of Police <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />9/17/2009 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Approval to Expend Partial Forfeiture (DOJ) Funds for the <br />purchase of and supplemental funding of police vehicles and <br />staffing resources, in an amount not to exceed $510,000.00 <br /> <br />RECOMMENDA TION: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission approve the expenditure of partial <br />Federal (DOJ) Forfeiture Funds, previously awarded to the Police Department as <br />the results of investigative participation in forfeiture and seizure cases. These <br />funds are permissible by law to be spent for the purchases of police equipment, <br />staffing resources and other law enforcement activities. It is requested that we be <br />permitted to utilize up to $510,000.00 of said funds on deposit for such purpose. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department actively participates in an FBI / HIDTA <br />(High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Initiative Group that conducts numerous <br />ongoing proactive investigations and has a need for the attached listed <br />equipment. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />One of the benefits of participating in and providing personnel into high intensity <br />narcotics investigations is the sharing of confiscated proceeds for the <br />enhancement of law enforcement. <br /> <br />Whereas the Police Department is facing budget cuts of up to 17% for the <br />upcoming fiscal year 09/10, these cuts will place a serious impact on our staffing, <br />assignments and equipment. As a result of these budget cuts, it is estimated that <br />the police department will have to decrease our staffing levels from forty-eight <br />(48) sworn officers to forty-five (45) sworn officers, thus causing us to reassign <br /> <br />Agenda Item ~ <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview .aspx?I temID=89&MeetingID=0( () q <br />n~tp 1-'. _ h <br />