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} <br /> R <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 6, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9- 6 - <br /> SUBJECT: COPSFAST Grant Award <br /> DEPARTMENT: Sheriff PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) 9 9 <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> COPSFAST 3 Grant Project Ordinance Major Don Truelove, ext 2900 <br /> Estimated Cost Projections <br /> 8/14/97 Grant Award Announcement <br /> 4/97 COPS Application Form TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To accept a three year grant from the US Department of Justice, Office of Community <br /> Oriented Policing Services. <br /> BACKGROUND: The US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services <br /> (COPSFAST) provides funding for community oriented officers in jurisdictions with populations of <br /> less than 50,000. Since fiscal year 1995-96,the Orange County Sheriff's Department has received <br /> two such awards. These monies have been used to partially fund three Deputy I positions. The <br /> Department has been able to increase police presence and address crime issues in communities and <br /> neighborhoods with the help of these positions. <br /> Recently,the Sheriff's Department received notification of a third COPSFAST grant award. This <br /> new grant will partially fund 6 additional full-time Deputy positions. The terms of the grant require <br /> Orange County to provide an overall match of approximately 25%of the total three year funding. <br /> The federal share of total salaries and benefits must decrease each year. In turn,the local share <br /> increases each year leading to full local funding by the fourth year of the program's life. The <br /> attached Estimated Personnel Costs spreadsheet provides the federal and County costs for each of <br /> the COPSFAST grants. Matching funds for the current fiscal year are already included in the <br /> Sheriff's Department General Fund operating budget. <br /> The attached grant application indicates that there is potential in future years of additional <br /> COPSFAST positions being awarded to Orange County. There is no guarantee that the County will <br /> actually receive additional positions, and approval of the attached grant project ordinance does not <br /> commit the Board to approval of any additional positions beyond the 6 for 1997-98. <br />