HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 161-24 - Resolution - Crime Victim Services Grant
RESOLUTION
Authorizing a Crime Victim Services Grant with the Minnesota Department of Public
Safety Office of Justice Programs.
WHEREAS, the Rochester City Attorney’s Office (CAO) has entered into previous grant
agreements with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs
since 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester, MN is a Home Rule Charter City and the Mayor of said
City is authorized by Charter Sec. 4.01 Subd. 2. as the official signatory authority, attested
by the City Clerk, for all City contracts and agreements; and
WHEREAS, this grant has allowed the CAO to hire an additional victim witness coordinator
and to provide additional assistance to victims of crimes that are prosecuted by the CAO;
and
WHEREAS, the CAO relies on the victim grant to fund an additional victim witness
coordinator position and to provide the direct client assistance our victims of crime deserve.
WHEREAS, the Office of Justice Programs has sufficient funding to extend the CAO Crime
Services Grant for FY25 ($70,000) at the FY24 funding levels ($70,000).
WHEREAS, the CAO is eligible to receive an additional one-time 14.5% increase ($10,154)
to the FY25 award as a result of the Minnesota State Legislature appropriating additional
funding for current crime victim services grantees.
WHEREAS, the CAO, a local unit of government, will be required to execute all amendments
and return the executed to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice
Programs by September 16, 2024, for grant period starting October 1, 2024 – September
30, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Prosecutorial Crime Victims Services grant
for FY25 in the amount of $150,154 is accepted, along with authorization of the
corresponding agreements, to assist the City of Rochester City Attorney’s Office in providing
assistance to crime victims.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)