HomeMy WebLinkAbout033643 ORD - 05/06/2025Ordinance accepting a grant totaling $247,669.00 from the State of
Texas Governor's Homeland Security Grants Division for Operation
Stonegarden (drug and human trafficking) for overtime, fringe
benefits, one replacement Chevy Tahoe police vehicle, and
fuel/maintenance; and appropriating $247,669.00 in the Police Grants
Fund.
WHEREAS, the Operation Stonegarden Grant provides funding to enhance cooperation
and coordination among state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal law enforcement
agencies to jointly enhance security along the United States land and water borders.; and
WHEREAS, for the thirteenth year, the State of Texas Governor's Homeland Security
Grants Division is awarding the City grant funds for overtime, fringe benefits, one
replacement Chevy Tahoe police vehicle, and fuel/maintenance for Operation
Stonegarden; and
WHEREAS, Corpus Christi was identified as an integral part of the U.S. Border Patrol's
strategy to enhance cooperation and coordination among numerous agencies in a joint
mission to combat drug and human trafficking.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is authorized to execute all documents
necessary to accept a grant from the State of Texas Governor's Homeland Security Grant
Division in the amount of $247,669.00 for Operation Stonegarden.
SECTION 2. Grant funds in the amount of $247,669.00 from the State of Texas
Homeland Security Grants Division is appropriated in the Police Grants Fund and may
be used for the purposes stated.
SECTION 3. There is no City cash match or in -kind services for acceptance of the
grant.
SECTION 4. In the event of the loss or misuse of these funds, the City assures that the
funds will be returned to the State of Texas, Office of the Governor, in full.
SECTION 5. The operating budget approved by Ordinance No. be amended to
increase revenues and expenditures by $247,669.00.
Introduced and voted on the aM *day of AQf \ , 2025.
and APP •VED on the tN day of MO. O. , 2025.
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Paulette Guajardo, M
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SCANNED
CITY 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 29, 2025 Legistar Number: 25-0484
Agenda Item: Ordinance accepting a grant for the thirteenth year from the State of Texas Governor's
Homeland Security Grants Division for Operation Stonegarden for overtime, fringe benefits, one vehicle,
and fuel/maintenance in the amount of $247,669.00; and appropriating $247,669.00 in the Police Grants
Fund.
Amount Required: (Amount to be Certified) $ 247,669.00
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account No.
Activity No.
Amount
Police Grants
1061-29-89
510200
$100,500.00
Police Grants
1061-29-89
511000
$31,769.00
Police Grants
1061-29-89
520050
$32,400.00
Police Grants
1061-29-89
520090
$28,000.00
Police Grants
1061-29-89
550020
$55,000.00
Total
$247,669.00
X Certification Not Required
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Director of Financial Services
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