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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 13341•, .. ; Ordinance No.~~~,/~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $746,208.00 SUBJECT TO THE RECEII'T OF THE GRANT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING VARIOUS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES, 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 1997-98 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grants Fund in the amount of $746,208.00 subject to the receipt of the grant form the Governor's Office of Criminal Justice for the purpose of funding various local law enforcement programs. 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. 13111 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.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 and be in full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~1 r Assistan ity Attorney 21 ~Ig~ Dat~- ~ -/n-- ~ ~ Adopted -/a--9~ Effective City of Fort Worth, Texas M'Ayor And Council CommunicAtion DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG' NAME PAGE 2/10/98 **G-12132 35JUSTICE 1 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council 1 Authorize the City Manager to apply for .and accept, if awarded, five (5) grants from the Governor's Office, Criminal Justice Division totaling $623,576, and 2 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Trust Fund, Awarded Assets, by $122,632 from available funds, and 3 Authorize the transfer of $122,632 from the Special Trust Fund, Awarded Assets, to the Grant Fund for the City's match, and 4 Adopt the attached appropriations ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grant Fund by $23,712 for City's in-kind match, and 5 Adopt the attached appropriations ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grant Fund by $746,208 subject to receipt of the grant, and 6 Waive indirect costs in the amount of $39,087 DISCUSSION Each year, the Governor's Office of Criminal Justice funds projects for various law enforcement agencies throughout the state, based on grant applications submitted by the agencies Criminal Justice grant applications from agencies in the Metroplex area will be reviewed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The Police Department has developed two renewal (1 & 2) projects and three new (3, 4, & 5) projects, and they are listed below 1 Child Violence Intervention Project A full-time human services specialist will continue to work with the 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 will be provided one on one crisis intervention, information and referral if necessary, and assistance with filling out victims' compensation forms Thirty (30) child victims/families have been seen in person and 2,708 primary child crime victims have been mailed Crime Victims Compensation applications. The human services specialist shall 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 And ~aunc~l ~ant~»un;cAt~an DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 2/10/98 **G-12132 35JUSTICE 2 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS ~ 2. Domestic Assault Response Team (DART) The Domestic Assault Response Team (DART) program will operate teams consisting of a family violence detective and a trained crisis intervention volunteer, both in the East Field Operations Division, _ and expanding to the North Field Operations Division These teams will work 32 hours per week. DART activities will include crisis intervention, information and referral, facilitating admission to the emergency shelter when indicated, conducting comprehensive evidence gathering and investigation, and using the direct file system to send cases to the District Attorney's Office The teams will also patrol prior offense residences and Protective Order addresses to monitor the level of victim safety Victim services will be provided through the DART volunteers and the victim services specialist. The human services administrator and administrative secretary will continue to support these efforts by providing victim support forms through the mail and in person 3. Sex Offender Registration/Monitoring Unit The focus of this project is to create an extension of the sex offender registration program by the monitoring and surveillance of registered sex offenders living within the city of Fort Worth Two detectives and two officers will be transferred to the Family Violence/Sexual Assault Unit and an office assistant will be hired The detectives will be responsible for assisting in registration and conducting investigations while the officers will monitor registered offenders. The office assistant will be responsible for data entry, retrieval, production of reports, and ather clerical activities. 4. Homicide Unit Pattern Analysis Database Establish a networked computer system within the homicide unit allowing each detective to have access both to the mainframe offense reporting system and office support software An additional detective will be selected, trained and teamed with another homicide detective Each detective will have primary responsibility for a case but the team will work on the cases as a team The networked computer system will allow the detectives to enter their case notes at their assigned area into a custom designed database system This system will contain predefined tables which can conduct automated searches with other records within the database to determine if there are sufficient factors present which could relate the offense to another on the system Possible matches would be highlighted and the detectives handling the matching case would also be notified 5. Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team Two detectives will be assigned to the Family Violence/Sexual Assault Unit. Riding with a trained crisis intervention volunteer, each detective will respond to domestic violence calls in the North Field Operations Division and East Field Operations Division, 32 hours per week. DART activities will include crisis intervention, information and referral, facilitate admission to the emergency shelter when indicated, conduct comprehensive evidence gathering and investigation, and relieve patrol from the scene in a timely manner when the law enforcement process is complete The teams will also patrol City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1-~Ay~r And C,,aunc~l C,~mm~n~cat~~n DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 2/10/98 **G-12132 35JUSTICE 3 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS prior offense residences and Protective Order addresses to monitor the level of victim safety During the other 8 hours, the detectives will file all paperwork concerning those domestic violence calls, update information on domestic violence risk file and enter cases into the DIRECT case file system PROJECT TITLE CJD GRANT CITY MATCH IN-KIND TOTAL Child Violence Intervention Project $32,325 $8,082 $40,407 (*$4,828) (*$1,207) (*$6,035) Domestic Assault Response Team $79,982 $22,882 $7,904 $110,768 Sex Offender Registration/ Monitoring Unit $295,525 $17,928 $313,453 (*$44,490) Homicide Unit Pattern Analysis Database $137,024 $43,424 $180,448 Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team 78 720 30 31 15 808 124 844 TOTAL $623,576 $122,632 $23,712 $769,920 *Indirect costs per approved indirect cost rates computed by David M Griffith, Inc. -for the City of Fort Worth (19 63% for the Police Department), and as specified by the Accounting Division of the Fiscal Services 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 $39,087 ($13,882 and $19,205, 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 Preapplicatioris have been submitted to the North Central Texas Council of Governments in order to meet 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 for in the Special Trust Fund as part of the normal budget process. City of Fort Worth, 7'exacs n-~Ayar And Caunc~l C,ammun~cAt;an DATE 2/10/98 REFERENCE NUMBER **G-12132 LOG NAME 35JUSTICE PAGE 4 of 4 SUBJECT FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon approval of adoption of the attached appropriation ordinances, funds will be budget, as appropriated, of the Special Trust and Grant Fund LW m the above recommendations and available in the current operating Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) 3,4) GR76 472027 035202492000 $ 8,082.00 Libby Watson 6183 6) GR76 451644 035202492000 $ 32,325.00 Originating Department Head: 3,4) GR76 472072 035202493000 $ 22,882.00 6) GR76 451644 035202493000 $ 79,982.00 P Oy~ G 7 /1~ lT CITY fO I 3,4 R76 4 2072 035202494000 $ 17,928.00 C U NCB 6) GR76 451644 035202494000 $295,525.00 3,4) GR76 472072 035202495000 $ 43,424.00 FF~ ~® ~~ 6) GR76 451644 035202495000 $137,024.00 3,4) GR76 472072 035202496000 $ 30,316.00 ~ ~~''~'~ 6) GR76 451644 035202496000 $ 78,720.00 Cih9oa[~YrF~~ CitF of Fort Ao~ree,l~sA 6) GR76 488339 035202496000 $ 15,808.00 Thomas Windham 4-8385 (from) 3) FE72 488332 035535000000 $122,632.00 Additional Information Contact: 2) FE72 538070 035535000000 $122,632.00 Kathy Gerland 4-8058 Adopted Ord~rrance ~o. ~ ~ 3 Adopt! 4rdinan~~ fop ~ Adopted ~rc~ir~o~ ~~p ~~~ 1