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AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SPECIAL TRUST FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF
$25,000.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING COSTS OF THE "STOP THE
VIOLENCE/STOP THE TEARS" PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE 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 1992-93 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be
increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Trust Fund in the
amount of $25,000.00 for the purpose of funding the costs of the "Stop the
Violence/Stop the Tears" Program.
SECTION 2.
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 judgement 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. 11151 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ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.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 from and after the
date of its passage, and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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Mayor and Council C~crrrimunica~ion
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SUBJECT CITY OF FORT WORTH GUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM - "STOP THE VI04ENCE/STOP THE TEARS"
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the gun buy-back program - "Stop the Violence/Stop the Tears", and
2. Accept the donation of $25,000.00 from General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division, for
the Police Department to use in the purchase of unwanted weapons from citizens and
for rewards for the identification of illegal handgun possession, and
3. Adopt the attached supplemental appropriations ordinance increasing estimated
receipts and appropriations in the Special Trust Fund Designated Gift Fund in the
amount of .$25,000.00, and
4. Authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 for this program from the Special Trust
Fund, Designated Gift Fund.
DISCUSSION:
Executives from General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division, wish to donate $25,000.00 to the
Police Department to help establish a gun-buy back program for the City of Fort Worth.
They have also committed an amount up to $25,000.00 in additional funding to match
dollar for dollar other funds designated for the program.
"Stop the Violence/Stop the Tears" was developed to systematically and dramatically
reduce the increasing number of incidents of violence involving the use of available
handguns.
The program will collect through donations or purchases from citizens who reside in
Tarrant County those weapons which are unwanted or unnecessary and which generally
inflict injury or death. Payments will be made in an amount ranging from $5.00 to
$25.00 to the citizens who turn in the guns. In addition, a 24-hour monitored tip line
will be operational allowing citizens to identify subjects in the City of Fort Worth
illegally possessing handguns, thereby facilitating the arrest of the subject and
confiscation of the handgun. Rewards in these instances will be paid in the amount of
$20.00 to citizens who identify those subjects.
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CITY SECId~TARY
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Counc7l Communica~iori
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SUBJECT CITY OF FORT WORTH GUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM - "STOP THE VIOLENCE/STOP THE TEARS"
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Fiscal Services
appropriation ordinance, the funds
the Special Trust Fund.
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