City Council

(11)\n25-1391\nBUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE and PUBLIC SAFETY\nCOMMITTEE REPORTS relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26\nSelective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant award from the\nState of California, Office of Traffic Safety (OTS).\nA. BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police\nDepartment (LAPD), or designee, to:\na. Retroactively apply for and accept the grant award for the\nFY 2025-26 STEP from the State of California, OTS in the\namount of $6,405,000 for the period of October 1, 2025,\nthrough September 30, 2026.\nb. Execute the 2025-26 STEP Grant Agreement on behalf of\nthe City and submit the necessary agreements and\ndocuments relative to the grant award, subject to the\napproval of the City Attorney as to form.\nc. Execute a Professional Services Agreement with one\nselected vendor, for a term of 12 months within the\napplicable grant performance period, for a sum not to\nexceed $70,000, for the provision of phlebotomist\nservices, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to\nform.\n2. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to:\na. Spend up to the grant amount of $6,405,000 in\naccordance with the grant award agreement.\nb. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and\ndeposit grant receipts in the LAPD Grant Trust Fund No.\n339/70.\nc. Prepare Controller instructions for any technical\nadjustments as necessary to implement Mayor and\nCouncil intentions, subject to the approval of the City\nAdministrative Officer (CAO); and, authorize the Controller\nto implement the instructions.\n3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:\na. Establish a grant receivable and appropriate $6,405,000\nto appropriation account, account number to be\ndetermined, within Fund No. 339/70, for the disbursement\nof the FY 2025-26 STEP grant funds.\nb. Increase appropriations and transfer, as necessary, the FY\n2025-26 STEP grant funds from Fund No. 339/70, account\nnumber to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account\nnumbers and amounts as follows:\ni. Account No. 001092, Overtime Sworn; Amount:\n$3,628,773.28\nii. Account No. 001090, Overtime General; Amount:\n$224,791.27\niii. Account No. To Be Determined, Related Costs;\nAmount: $346,435.45\n4. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to place the following actions\nrelative to the FY 2025-26 STEP Grant on the City Council\nAgenda on July 1, 2026, or on the first meeting day\nthereafter:\n​\nAuthorize the Controller to increase appropriations and\ntransfer, as necessary, the FY 2025-26 STEP grant funds\nfrom Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to\nFund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as\nfollows:\na. Account No. 001092, Overtime Sworn; Amount:\n$1,746,703.37\nb. Account No. 001090, Overtime General; Amount:\n$111,936.87\nc. Account No. To Be Determined, Related Costs;\nAmount: $167,091.76\nB. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT\nSUBMITS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION the Recommendations of\nthe City Administrative Officer Report, dated December 18, 2025,\nattached to the Council File, as stated above.\nFiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the\nrecommendations within the report will allow for the expenditure of the\nFY 2025-26 STEP grant award totaling $6,405,000 from the State of\nCalifornia OTS. There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of\nthese recommendations. No matching funds are required for this\ngrant.\nFinancial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the\nrecommendations provided in the report are in compliance with the\nCity’s Financial Policies in that one-time grant funding will be utilized\nfor one-time program expenditures.