File #: ORD. 2023-218    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 5/31/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/11/2023 Final action: 9/11/2023
Title: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $166,059.20 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Special Fund by $166,059.20, for the purpose of providing funding for a consultant to develop a comprehensive action plan for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in officer recruitment and retention.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2023-218

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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $166,059.20 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Special Fund by $166,059.20, for the purpose of providing funding for a consultant to develop a comprehensive action plan for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in officer recruitment and retention.

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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:

§ 1.                     That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, is authorized to accept funds in the amount of $166,059.20 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for the purpose of providing funding for a consultant to develop a comprehensive action plan for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in officer recruitment and retention.

§ 2.                     That the funds received from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services are hereby appropriated to the Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, by increasing estimated revenues by $166,059.20, increasing the amount appropriated for expenditures by $166,059.20, and allotting to the Department of Police’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Special Fund the sum of $166,059.20, for the purpose of providing funding for a consultant to develop a comprehensive action plan for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in officer recruitment and retention.

                     § 3.                     This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.