Exh 8FAGENDA ITEM 8F
AUGUST 11, 2003
STAFF REPORT
City of Atlantic Beach
Commission Meeting
AGENDA TTEM: Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG)
DATE: August 1, 2003
SUBMITTED BY: David E. Thompson, Chief of Police
BACKGROUND:
For fiscal yeaz 2003-04, the City of Atlantic Beach shaze of Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant funding is $12,110. This can be spent on various types of law enforcement
projects as long as it is not used to supplant existing funding.
One of the requirements for the expenditure of these funds is a public hearing.
For the City of Atlantic Beach, the Police Department is recommending the use of
LLEBG funding to purchase in-caz video systems for police vehicles. Many of the patrol
cazs have in-car video systems, but some do not have video capabilities. Based on our
current budget requests for 2003-04, at least three (3) cazs will remain without in-caz
video systems, and the Police Department does not have any spaze units in the event that
one system fails.
The Police Department would like to purchase four (4) in-caz video systems to be
installed in patrol cazs. This will assure that every patrol caz has a video system
Additionally, the Police Department intends to pursue digital systems instead ofthe
videotaping systems that aze most often used for this purpose.
BUDGET: The LLEBG funds require a 10% match from non-grant sources. This
means that the City of Atlantic Beach will need to budget $1,211 for matching the
LLEBG funds in the 2003-04 budget.
RECOMMENDATIONS: To approve the use of the 2003-04 LLEBG funding to be
used to purchase four (4) in-caz, digital video systems, and to authorize the Chief of
Police to provide electronic signatures representing the Mayor on the applications and
related paperwork.
ATTACHMENTS: None
REVIEWED BY CITY
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