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Resolution approving a transfer of $2,236,224 from the Measure W fund to the Police Asset Seizure Fund for the previous purchase of the Community Civic Campus PUC properties.
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WHEREAS, the City’s auditors chose to audit the use of the Police Asset Seizure Funds as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2017-18 single audit; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of the Police Asset Seizure Funds to the General Fund for the purchase of the PUC properties occurred as part of a year-end FY 2017-18 transaction; and
WHEREAS, Finance and Police Department staff reviewed the Department of Justice (DOJ) Guide to Equitable Sharing for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies; and
WHEREAS, use of Police Asset Seizure Funds should be used for furniture and equipment and not for land purchase of the Community Civic Campus project; and
WHEREAS, to make this administrative correction, refunding the Police Asset Seizure Funds and replacing with Measure W revenues for the PUC land purchase and later using the Police Asset Seizure funds for the Police furniture and equipment will keep the City in compliance with the DOJ guidelines; and
WHEREAS, this adjustment will not impact the current Community Civic Campus funding plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco authorizes the Finance Department to refund the Police Asset Seizure Fund $2,236,224 from the Measure W Fund.
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