City Council

(22) 23-0895 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to retroactively applying for and accepting the 2022 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement grant award. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), to retroactively apply for and subsequently ACCEPT the grant award for the 2022 California Coverdell Program in the amount of $124,859 for the period of April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, LAPD, or designee, to negotiate and execute the grant award agreement, subject to City Attorney approval as to form and legality. AUTHORIZE the Controller to set up a grant receivable and appropriate $124,859 to appropriation account, account number to be determined within Fund No. 339/70, for the receipt and disbursement of the Cal OES 2022 Coverdell Program in accordance with the grant award. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to spend up to $124,859 in accordance with the grant award agreement. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and deposit grant receipts into Fund No. 339/70. AUTHORIZE the Controller to increase appropriations for Cal OES’s 2022 Paul Coverdell Program as needed from appropriation account number to be determined in Fund No. 339/70, to Fund No. 100/70, account number and amount as follows: Fund No. 339/70, Account No. TBD, 2022 Coverdell Program, $124,859 Fund No. 100/70, Account No. 001090, Civilian Overtime, $117,503 Fund No. 339/70, Account No. TBD, Related Costs, $7,356 AUTHORIZE the LAPD to prepare Controller’s instructions for any technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and authorize and instruct the Controller to implement the instructions.