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Meeting Date:	03/26/2018
No Cost Grant Budget Adjustment to purchase 2 extra law enforc. guns & training ammo
Submitted for:	Martin Cuellar	Submitted By:	Anita Guerra
Department:	Sheriff

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve to add the following no-cost budget item to the Friends of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation grant budget as awarded and authorized by the Laredo/Webb County volunteer committee made up of local community leaders; and any other matters incident thereto. Budget item to be added: two (2) handguns and sixty (60) boxes of training ammunition strictly for use by law enforcement officers at the Webb County Sheriff's Office. The Webb County Sheriff's Office received the necessary approval by the funding agency in order to be able to increase the number of items purchased for the same amount of grant funds; and this neither increases nor decreases the grant budget in any manner. Furthermore, these are grant funds; and, thus, there is no impact on general funds. All required documents were sent for review through the Economic Development Department and the solicitation is compliant with the Webb County Single Point of Contact (SPOC) procedures. [Requested by Martin Cuellar, Webb County Sheriff; Grant Account #2920 (Foundation Grant No. 18TXS021)]

Issue: Grant funds were available to purchase additional hand guns and training ammunition for the exclusive use of law enforcement officials at the Webb County Sheriff's Office and in order to utilize all available grant funds.

Solution: Receive authorization to purchase additional law enforcement equipment.

Result: Grant funds will be fully utilized, and the Webb County Sheriff's Office law enforcement officers will be provided with additional firearms and training ammunition.

Background:

None.

Previous Court Action:

The grant acceptance was authorized by the court on February 26, 2018.

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	2920
Funding Source:	Grant Revenue
Balance:	$5,490
Financial Impact:
Furthermore, this is a grant; and, thus, will have no impact to the general fund.

Attachments
Documentation to Econ Dev