File #: 24-5999    Version: 1 Name: Resolution – A resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Police Department to make application, receive and expend grant funding from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority to continue a multi-agency task force.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/2/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/13/2024 Final action: 5/13/2024
Title: Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager and the Police Department to Make Application, Receive and Expend Grant Funding from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority to Continue a Multi-Agency Task Force
Sponsors: Tracy Aaron
Attachments: 1. Resolution

Title

Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager and the Police Department to Make Application, Receive and Expend Grant Funding from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority to Continue a Multi-Agency Task Force

 

Description/History

In Texas, a vehicle is stolen every 5 minutes and a vehicle is burglarized every 2.5 minutes, unfortunately, the City of Mansfield is not excluded from these statistics.  The police department has applied and received funding from this grant program for the last 12 years.  Most recently in FY23-24, the grant award received was $827,120 to continue to operate a multi-agency task force that targets automobile thefts and burglaries. The police department will continue to be the managing agency with participation from the cities of Burleson, Kennedale, Midlothian, Alvarado and the Tarrant County Constable Precinct 7.  Additionally, The Task Force will provide law enforcement assistance related to the grant activities to all law enforcement agencies within Ellis and Johnson Counties.

 

Funding Source

Reimbursement grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Grant Program of the State of Texas through the Governor’s Office.

 

Recommendation

Approval of Resolution

 

Prepared By

Jessica Graves, Program Manager

 

Justification

N/A

 

Requested Action

Approval of Resolution