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- FINqNCE COUflC1I �r ,
- DEPARTM NT GITY OF SAINT PAUL File NO. � �
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Council Resolution
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Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, Saint Paul has the authority to corr�nit matching funds for LEAA grants; and
WHEREAS, the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act and acts amendatory
thereto provides that the Minnesota Crime Control Planning Board must provide procedures
under which units of local government or combinations of such units with population
over 250,000 may propose a comprehensive plan for the expenditure of block grant funds;
and
WHEREAS, The Saint Paul City Council in coordination with Ramsey County established
the St. Paul Ramsey County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (now the St. Paul-Ramsey
County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council ) in Resolution No. 254195, dated May 28, 1971
and reaffirmed the responsibility of the Coordinating Council to review LEAA grant
applications in Resolution No. 269586, dated August 16, 1977; and
IrlHEREAS, the block grant will enhance local authority over LEAA funds received
by Ramsey County and the City of Saint Paul ; Now, Therefore, Be It
RESOLVED, That the Coordinating Council is authorized to make application to the
Minnesota Crime Control Planning Board to receive LEAA funds under the block grant system
for FY 1980; and
RESOLVED, That the Coordinating Council is hereby designated to be the agency
administering the FY 1980 block grant funds and projects on behalf of the City of Saint
Paul .
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MAYORGEORGELATIMER SAIHT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY
Co-Chairman
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
COMMISSIONER ROBERT ORTH �422 Clt�/ HdII AC1f1eX
Co-Chairman
25 W. Fourth Street
� St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
KATHRYN ACKLAND
Coordinator (612) 298-5652
March 16, 1979
M E M 0 R A N D U M
T0: Saint Paul City Cou cil
FROM: Kathryn Ackland �
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SUBJECT: LEAA Block Grant - FY 1980, Proposed Resolution
The proposed resolution designates the Coordinating Council as the applicant
and administrator of LEAA block grant funds to be received for FY 1980. The
projected FY 1980 allocation for St. Paul/Ramsey County is $481 ,344. The
Coordinating Council will distribute LEAA funds to individual projects in
St. Paul and Ramsey County consistent with the comprehensive criminal justice
plans approved by the Coordinating Council , the Metropolitan Council and the
Minnesota Crime Control Planning Board (CCPB).
The �roposed block grant differs from the present mini-plan method of operation
in tnat much of the responsibility and authority for grant project management
and administration is shifted from the CCPB to the Coordinating Council . The
Coordinating Council will execute a grant award contract with the CCPB for the
entire $481 ,344 allocation to be expended between October 1 , 1979 and
September 30, 1982. The Coordinating Council has requested the assistance
of the CCPB in developing the fiscal management procedures most appropriate
for administering the block grant.
The block grant system will minimize reviews by the Metropolitan Council and
the CCPB. Less staff, resources will have to be devoted to intergovernmental
relations, although more staff resources must be devoted to local administration
and fiscal management. The block grant will affirm the integrity of the local
planning process and afford a greater degree of decision-making authority to
local elected officials and criminal justice agency administrators within
St. Paul and Ramsey County. It also provides an opportunity to experiment
with a procedure which may well become a requirement of the pending LEAA
reauthorization legislation.
_ Through a unanimous vote, the Coordinating Council has initiated the process of
applying for the block grant. Mayor Latimer and Commissioner Orth have notified
the Metropoli.tan Council of the Coordinating Council 's intent to apply for the
block grant for FY 1980. At this time I am requesting that the Saint Paul City
Council authorize the Coordinating Council to apply for and administer the
FY 1980 block grant. A similar proposal is being presented to the Board of
Ramsey County Commissioners.
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Attachment: Proposed Resolution
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