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GARLAND
POLICY REPORT

Work Session Item 3.a.

City Council Work Session Agenda

Meeting Date:

12/04/2023

Item Title: 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)

Submitted By:

Jeffrey Bryan

Council Goal:

Safe, Family-Friendly Neighborhoods

ISSUE

The Police Department is requesting the Council’s approval to apply for the 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG). The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has made funds available to units of local government under the 2023 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the purpose of law enforcement-related programs as prioritized by the Attorney General. The Garland Police Department, as a local law enforcement agency, is applying to the BJA for a direct award of $56,868.00 under the JAG program. The Attorney General of the State of Texas has certified Garland as a disparate jurisdiction, thereby requiring us to share 30% of this award ($17,060.40) with Dallas County. The revised award totals $39,807.60 and, from this amount, a 7% Administrative Fee will be paid to the City of Dallas as the designated fiscal agent for the participating Dallas County agencies. The resulting net award for the City of Garland will total $37,021.07.

JAG does not require any matching funds or contributions.

OPTIONS

1. Authorize submission of the grant application, which if approved, the federal government will pay an estimated $37,021.07.

2. Disapprove submission of the grant application.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends Council approve submission of the application to the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item is scheduled for formal consideration at the December 5, 2023 Regular Meeting.

BACKGROUND

This will be the sixteenth year that the Garland Police Department has applied for funds under the new JAG program. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has replaced the Edward J. Byrne Memorial State (Byrne Formula) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) with the Justice Assistance Grant. The joining of the two grants allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system. The Garland Police Department received the following grant awards from JAG over the past five years.
2018- $34,764.70
2019- $34,799.86
2020- $31,287.71
2021- $35,142.87
2022- $35,628.58

CONSIDERATION

The Justice Assistance Grant should provide $37,021.07 in funding. At the conclusion of the allotted time period, any unallocated funds must be returned to the federal government. Funds must be used to supplement existing funds for program activities and cannot replace, or supplant, non-federal funds that have been appropriated for the same purpose.

Attachments

Resolution JAG 2023