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AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS
IN THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $836,000 UPON RECEIl'T OF A
GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE NO SUSPECT CASEWORK DNA BACKLOG
REDUCTION PROGRAM; .MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATNE OF PRIOR
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTNE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 in the
Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grants
Fund in the amount of $836,000 upon receipt of a grant from the Texas Department of Public Safety, for the
purpose of funding the No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction program.
SECTION 2.
That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void
for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way impair
the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall
be and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 15184 and all other ordinances and appropriations
amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with
such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior
ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE
10/22/02 *G 13778 356ACKLOG 1 of 2
suB~ECT NO SUSPECT CASEWORK DNA BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council.
Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant with the Texas Department of Public Safety to operate
the No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction program on a contract basis in the amount of
$836 000 and
2 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the
Grants Fund by $836 000-
DISCUSSION
The No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program is a grant program administered by the
U S Department of Justice National Institute of Justice The grant program provides funds to the state
government agency having oversight of the states Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) to pass
through to state and local crime laboratories that. requested participation in the consortium grant
application
The State of Texas has assembled a consortium of state and local forensic laboratories which perform
DNA analysis of forensic casework, to submit one plan for addressing a backlog of no suspect criminal
cases in which biological evidence exists The consortium includes
Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratories in Austin Corpus Christi EI Paso
Garland Houston Lubbock, McAllen and Waco and
Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Dallas County
and
Fort Worth Police Department Crime Laboratory and
Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Crime Laboratory and
Harris County Medical Examiner's Crime Laboratory in Houston and
Houston Police Department Crime Laboratory
Every crime laboratory named above has identified a backlog of no suspect forensic cases A
prioritization method has been formulated by the coalition mentioned above and is included in the grant
application Each laboratory will screen cases in-house using the formula in conjunction with a
determination if there is an evidence sample with the potential to yield a DNA profile of the perpetrator
of the crime to select cases for this grant.
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE
10/22/02 REFERENCE NUMBER
**G 13778 LOG NAME
35BACKLOG PAGE
2 of 2
suB~ECT NO SUSPECT CASEWORK DNA BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM
Once the cases with confirmed biological specimens have been identified the crime laboratory will
contract for the. DNA analysis with an outside vendor of these services The evidence obtained will be
uploaded in the CODIS database and they will be searched against both the convicted offender
database as well as against other DNA profiles in the evidentiary database
The Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory Service, operates the Texas CODIS
database and administers the CODIS program foi- the state Dr Dennis Loockerman is the project
director of this program the primary grantee and will administer the grant.
The funding period for this program will begin September 1 2002 (or when all signatures are obtained
on the contracts) and expire August 31 2003
The Texas Department of Public Safety will provide funds in the amount of $836 000 on a
reimbursement basis Under this program the Fort Worth Crime Laboratory will do the following
Outsource DNA Testing 400 cases @ $2,000/case $800 000
Screen Rape Cases 300 cases @ $120/each $ 36,000
Total $836 000
FISCAL INFORMATIONlCERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that upon the approval and execution of the above recommendations,
funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated of the Grants Fund
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
GR76 488275 035441818000 $836,000.00
Libby Watson 6183 GR76 5(Various) 035441818010 $836 000 00
Originating Department Head:
Ralph Mendoza 48386 (from) APPROVED 10!22102
ORD #15302
Additional Information Contact:
Ralph Mendoza 48386