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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 13827~,,.. ~ ~ ,.,,~, w Ordinance No.--~~~.1~_L AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEII'TS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $499,33100 FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE CHILD VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT, THE DOMESTIC ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM, SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND MONITORING UNIT, AND THE ENHANCED DOMESTIC ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATNE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE 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 the Fiscal Year 1998-99 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in Grants Fund in the amount of $499,331 00 from available funds for the purpose of funding the Child Violence Intervention Project, the Domestic Assault Response Team, Sex Offender Registration and Monitoring Umt, and the Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team. 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 13540 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except m 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said pnor ordinances and appropnations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY r Assista ` ity Attorney SIB (.~. i bS Dat~- II ~~l Adopted ~~~~ 1 Effective City of Fort Wot~th, Texas M'Ayar And Launcil CommunicAtian DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 6/1/99 **C-17455 35JUST 1 of 4 suB~ECT FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council 1 Authorize the City Manager to apply for and accept, if awarded, four grants from the Governor's Office, Criminal Justice Division in the amount of $499,331, and 2 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Trust Fund, Awarded Assets, by $112,023 from available funds, and 3 Authorize the transfer of $112,023 from the Special Trust Fund, Awarded Assets, to the Grants Fund for the City's match, and 4 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grants Fund by $499,331 from available funds, and 5 Approve a contract with Women's Haven in the amount of $28,068, and 6 Waive indirect costs in the amount of $32,367 DISCUSSION Each year, the Governor's Office, Criminal Justice Division funds projects for various law enforcement agencies throughout the state based on grant applications submitted by the agencies. Criminal Justice Division grant applications from agencies in the metroplex area will be reviewed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments The Police Department has developed four renewal projects as listed below Child Violence Intervention Projectl3 A full-time human services specialist will continue to work with five police detectives from the Crimes Against Children Unit, and are assigned at the Alliance for Children facility The primary focus is to serve 10 primary victims per month, in person, and the immediate family and/or secondary victims would then be included for in-person services. Additionally, the victim would be provided one-on-one crisis intervention, information and referral if necessary, and assistance with filling out victims' compensation forms Seventy-four child victims/families have been seen in person, and 2,705 primary and secondary child crime victims have been mailed Crime Victims Compensation applications The human services specialist will also serve as a community liaison and attempt to enlist community interest and support in addressing this critical problem City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1-~Ayar end C~unc;l ar~tn~~n;cA~r~~n C. DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 6/1/99 **C-17455 35JUST 2 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS Domestic Assault Response Team (DART)/3 The Domestic Assault Response Team (DART) program will continue to operate teams consisting of a family violence detective and a trained crisis intervention volunteer, in the East Field Operations Division and the North Field Operations Division DART activities include crisis intervention, information and referral, and facilitation of admission to the emergency shelter when indicated Victim services will be provided through the human services administrator, administrative secretary, victim services specialist and DART volunteers In 1998, the DART program trained 27 volunteers, conducted 1,283 follow-up services, entered 51'8 records into the database, and made a total of 1,016 responses in the North and East Field Operations Divisions Women's Haven has been asub-grantee of the DART program since its inception in June, 1996 The purpose of the contract is for the salary and fringe benefits ($28,068) of the victim/volunteer specialist provided by Women's Haven The primary purpose of the victim/volunteer specialist is to train the DART volunteers who ride with a detective The victim/volunteer specialist is housed in the Police Department. The specialist works closely with the Human Services Administrator and Administrative Secretary, also assigned to the DART program, and whose salaries are funded through the grant program Sex Offender Registration/Monitoring Unit/2 The focus of this project is to create an extension of the sex offender registration program by monitoring and surveillance of registered sex offenders living within the City of Fort Worth Two detectives will continue assisting in the registration of offenders and conduct investigations, and an officer will monitor and conduct surveillance on the registered offenders The office assistant will continue to perform data entry, retrieval, production of reports, and other clerical activities During the first six months the unit was in operation, 309 registered sex offenders were monitored for compliance, five were arrested for non-compliance and three were arrested for new sex crimes. The detectives and the officer conducted 138 investigations and 116 surveillances Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team/2 This program primarily provides for the salaries of the two detectives who are assigned to the program and ride with a trained crisis intervention volunteer The detectives work closely with the personnel assigned to the DART program The teams respond to domestic violence calls in the North Field Operations Division and East Field Operations Division DART activities include crisis intervention, information and referral, facilitation of admission to the emergency shelter when indicated, comprehensive evidence gathering and investigation, and the release of patrols from the scene in a timely manner when the law enforcement process is complete The teams also patrol prior offense residences and Protective Order addresses to monitor the level of victim safety DART teams have provided services to 591 victims and referred seven victims to shelters or a safe house City of Fort Worth, Texas M'Ayar And Council CammunicAtian DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 6/1/99 **C-17455 35JUST 3 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS Project Title CJD Grant City Match In-Kin Tota! Child Violence Intervention $ 25,032 $ 16,687 $ 41,-719 Project /3 (*$ 3,659) (*$ 2,439) (*$ 6,098) Domestic Assault Response Team/3 $ 79,982 $ 23,295 $ 7,904 $111,181 Sex Offender Registration/ $179,862 $ 48,918 $228,780 Monitoring Unit/2 (~$ 28,336) (*$ 7,227) (~$ 35,563) Enhanced Domestic 7 2 2 1 $15.808 11 Assault Response Team/2 Total $363,596 $112,023 $23,712 $499,331 *Indirect costs per approved indirect cost rates computed by David M Griffith, Inc. for the City of Fort Worth (19 06% for the Police Department), and as specified by the Accounting Division of the Finance Department. The indirect costs are included in the total amount of the grant program Since the maximum award for the Domestic Assault Response Team and Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team is $80,000 each, it is necessary to waive the indirect costs in the amount of $32,367 ($13,541 and $18,826, respectively) Additionally, the Criminal Justice Division has mandated that in the event of any misuse or loss of issued Criminal Justice Division funds, the City will replace these funds in full The in-kind match of $23,712 is time donated by the volunteers. Pre-applications have been submitted to the North Central Texas Council of Governments in order to meat state budget estimate deadlines The North Central Texas Council of Governments will prioritize all grant applications and, shortly afterwards, it will be known which projects can reasonably be expected to receive state funds. The required matching funds for these grants will be budgeted in the Special Trust Fund as part of the normal budget process. City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1~Ay~r And Caunc;l Cammun~cAt~an DATE 6/1/99 REFERENCE NUMBER **C-17455 LOG NAME 35JUST PAGE 4 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Finance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriations ordinances, funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of the Grants Fund LW~k Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: ~ (to) FE72 488332 035535000000 $112,023.00 APPROVED Libby Watson 6183 FE72 538070 035535000000 $112,023.00 C ITY COUNCIL Originating Department Head: GR76 451644 035202578000 $ 25,032.00 GR76 472072 035202578000 $ 16,687.00 ~~~~,~ 1 GR76 511010 035202578010 $ 41,719.00 19~ GR76 451644 035202579000 $ 79,982.00 y GR76 472072 035202579000 $ 23,295.00 ~"° t ~ °~"'v GR76 488339 013202579000 $ 7,904.00 Ci~7 Secretary of the Cltr oI Fort Wo th T GR76 511010 035202579010 $103,277.00 r , ®zav GR76 517040 013202579020 $ 7,904.00 GR76 451644 035202580000 $179,862.00 GR76 472072 035202580000 $ 48,918.00 GR76 511010 035202580010 $228,780.00 GR76 451644 035202581000 $ 78,720.00 c!opted Ordinance i~l~. R GR76 472072 035202581000 $ 23,123.00 GR76 488339 013202581000 $ 15,808.00 ,•~ ,.~,.,;..,, rr. ~ , •~. ~ c ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GR76 511010 035202581010 $101,843.00 `~~ ~~ ` ~ ~~ ~ J `~ GR76 517040 013202581020 $ 15,808.00 Thomas Windham 4-8385 (from) FE72 538070 035535000000 $112,023.00 Additional Information Contact: Kathy Gerland 4-8058 ',