Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 81
(81) 241352 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 202424 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), or designee, to: a. Retroactively apply for and accept the grant award for the FY 202425 STEP from the State of California, Office of Traffic Safety in the amount of $6,650,000.00 for the period of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. b. Execute the 202425 STEP Grant Agreement on behalf of the City and submit the necessary agreements and documents relative to the grant award, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form. c. Execute a Professional Services Agreement with one selected vendor, for a term of twelve months within the applicable grant performance period, for a sum not to exceed $70,000.00, for the provision of phlebotomist services, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form. 2. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to: a. Spend up to the grant amount of $6,650,000.00 in accordance with the grant award agreement. b. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and deposit grant receipts in the LAPD Grant Trust Fund No. 339/70. c. Prepare Controller instructions for any technical adjustments as necessary to implement Mayor and Council intentions, subject to the approval of the CAO; and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: 3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: a. Establish a grant receivable and appropriate $6,650,000.00 to an appropriation account, account number to be determined within Fund No. 339/70, for the disbursement of the FY 2024 25 STEP grant funds. b. Increase appropriations and transfer, as necessary, the FY 202425 STEP grant funds from Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as outlined in the table contained in Recommendation No. 3.b of the CAO report dated October 28, 2024, attached to Council file No. 241352. 4. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to place the following actions relative to the FY 202425 STEP Grant on the City Council Agenda on July 1, 2025 or on the first meeting day thereafter: a. Authorize the Controller to increase appropriations and transfer, as necessary, the FY 202425 STEP grant funds from Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as outlined in the table contained in Recommendation No. 4.a of the CAO report dated October 28, 2024, attached to the Council file. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the recommendations within this report will allow for the expenditure of the FY 202425 STEP grant award totaling $6,650,000.00 from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety. There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of these recommendations. No matching funds are required for this grant. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations provided in this report are in compliance with the City’s Financial Policies in that onetime grant funding will be utilized for onetime program expenditures. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Public Safety and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees