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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION N0.2011 - 63 By: Mayor Kennedy A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO MAKE APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN, AND GRANT FUNDING FOR, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES GRANT; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT THE GRANT 7F A WARDED AND TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE SAME, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is accepting grant applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 COPS hiring program, whereupon successful applicants will share in approximately $200 million in available funding for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers; and WHEREAS, community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime; and WHEREAS, the Division of Police, if successful in obtaining funding, would like to hire additional police officers; and WHEREAS, COPS grants provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for three years for newly-hired, full-time sworn officer positions (including filling existing unfunded vacancies) or for rehired officers who have been laid off, or are scheduled to be laid off on a future date, as a result of local budget cuts. WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council to authorize the Mayor to make application for participation and funding, and to further authorize the Mayor to accept the funding if awarded. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That this Council does hereby authorize the Mayor to prepare, sign and submit an application for the 2011 COPS grant; and does further authorize the Mayor to accept the award and execute a contract and any and all other necessary papers, if successful in the grant application. SECTION 2: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare, and for the further reason it is necessary that this legislation go into effect immediately in order that the City may make a timely application for participation (May 25, 2011); and further, provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of the Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.