Staff recommends the City Council accept the $2,500 donation from the Rimrock Federal Credit Union. These funds have been donated specifically to the Anti-Graffiti Fund to support Code Enforcement's continued efforts to abate graffiti. These funds may also be used for the graffiti reward program.

The City Council approved a Graffiti Fund Resolution at its April 8, 2024 business meeting. The resolution was established as an anti-graffiti fund per BMCC Section 18-1116, and set a reward amount for information leading to the conviction of a graffiti vandal. The fund currently has a balance of approximately $5,700.  This donation will bring the balance to about $8,200. There have not been any rewards made so far. Council policy is to approve donations to the City that exceed $500 and to recognize those in the community who generously give to support City service efforts.
 

The community is benefiting from the formation of this fund and the generous donations we have received to support it so far. Many locations with graffiti have been cleaned up across the City in 2024 in part due to the support of the fund for some supplies.

City Council may:

• Approve the donation of $2,500 to the Anti-Graffiti Fund; or,
• Not Approve the donation of $2,500 to the Anti-Graffiti Fund. Not approving the donatation would be contrary to the Council forming the Graffiti Reward Program in 2024 to enable funds to be collected to incentivize reports that lead to conviction of grafitti taggers.

There is only positive impact to the General Fund or Code Enforcement's main budget as the funds will be placed in the AntiGraffiti Fund to support graffiti abatement and issuance of graffiti rewards.