HomeMy WebLinkAbout033624 ORD - 04/15/2025Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a grant from the Office of the
Governor - Homeland Security Grants Division for the FY2025
Homeland Security Grant Program in the amount of $195,567.11 for x-
ray equipment for the Corpus Christi Police Department's Bomb
Squad to prevent terroristic and catastrophic events; appropriating
funds in the amount of $195,567.11 to the Fire Grants Fund.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Corpus Christi Fire Department accepts funding in the amount
of $195,567.11 from the Office of the Governor ("OOG") - Homeland Security Grants
Division under the FY2025 Homeland Security Grant Program for x-ray equipment for the
Corpus Christi Police Department's Bomb Squad.
SECTION 2. That $195,567.11 is appropriated in the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund from the
Office of the Governor - Homeland Security Grants Division for the FY2025 Homeland
Security Grant Program described in Section 1.
SECTION 4. The City Manager, or designee, may reject or terminate this grant.
Furthermore, the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute contract
amendments pertaining to these grant funds in the following instances: a) for the carry-
over of funds, when ascertained and approved by the funding agency through a revised
notice of award; b) a no -cost extension; c) when an amendment will provide supplemental
grant funds in an amount not to exceed 20% of the original grant amount; d) for
reimbursement increases of administration funds for each participant served; e) to comply
with applicable State or federal laws and regulations; and f) for matters which do not
change the essential purpose of the grant.
SECTION 5. The Chief of Police is designated as the City's authorized official to
administer this grant. The authorized official is empowered to apply for, accept, reject or
terminate the grant and its funding, execute all necessary documents, and administer the
grant on behalf of the City as the applicant agency.
SECTION 6. In the event of the loss or misuse of these OOG Grant funds, the City
assures that the funds will be returned to the Office of the Governor - Homeland Security
Grants Division, in full.
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Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
033624
SCANNED
ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that
the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation
or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from
which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments
are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: April 8, 2025 Legistar Number: 25-0453
Agenda Item: Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a grant from the Office of the Governor - Homeland
Security Grants Division for the FY2025 Homeland Security Grant Program in the amount of $195,567.11
for x-ray equipment for the Corpus Christi Police Department's Bomb Squad to prevent terroristic and
catastrophic events; appropriating funds in the amount of $195,567.11 to the Fire Grants Fund.
Amount Required: $195,567.11
Fund Name
Accounting
Account
Activity No.
Amount
Fire Grants
1062-89-10
520090
$195,567.11
Total
$195,567.11
0 Certification Not Required
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Director of Financial Services
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