HomeMy WebLinkAbout033969 ORD - 07/21/2026Ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Nueces County
for Corpus Christi Police Department's participation in the Red Cord
Initiative Program, reimbursing $75,418.86 for police officer overtime
and undercover surveillance camera equipment; and appropriating
$75,418.86 into the Police Grants Fund.
WHEREAS, since 2012, Nueces County and the City of Corpus Christi have partnered
with the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation on the Red Cord Initiative, which is a
community -based, pre -arrest and pre-trial diversion program dedicated to providing
practical, emotional, and social support for individuals experiencing commercial
exploitation.
WHEREAS, utilizing the Red Cord Initiative Program grant funding reimbursement from
the County, the Corpus Christi Police Department will conduct targeted law enforcement
operations utilizing police officers on an overtime basis for $68,463.86, and purchase
undercover/surveillance cameras for $6,955.00 with funding provided through the
County's grant; and
WHEREAS, an Interlocal Agreement between the County and City is necessary to
provide for reimbursement of the Red Cord Initiative grant funds for FY 2025-26.
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 the Interlocal
Agreement with Nueces County for the Red Cord Initiative Program, and all other
documents necessary for the Corpus Christi Police Department to be reimbursed from
the County in an amount totaling $75,418.86, to fund overtime and surveillance camera
equipment for the Red Cord Initiative Program.
Section 2. $75,418.86 is appropriated in the No. 1061 Police Grants Fund. The FY 2025-
26 Operating Budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 033730, is amended by increasing
revenues and expenditures each by $75,418.86 in the Police Grants Fund.
Introduced and voted on the day of 11/4A t1( , 2026.
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PASSED and APPROVED on the g-day of
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Paulette Guajardo, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
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SCANNED
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of the Finance & Procurement Department 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 above is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified above, 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: July 14, 2026 Legistar Number: 26-0770
Agenda Item:
Ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Nueces County for the Corpus Christi Police
Department's supplemental participation in the Red Cord Initiative Program for reimbursement to the
City for $75,418.86 for police officer overtime and undercover surveillance camera equipment; and
appropriating $75,418.86 into the Police Grants Fund.
Amount Required:(Amount to be Certified) $75,418.86
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account No.
Activity No.
Amount
Police Grants Fund
1061-29-89
510000
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$68,463.86
Police Grants Fund
1061-29-89
520090
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$6,955.00
Total
$75,418.86
El Certification Not Required
Director of the Finance & Procurement Department
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