For City Council Meeting May 28, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: G. Michael Milhiser, Interim City Manager
AUTHOR: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
Title
Request City Council to 1) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8239, Amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget, 2) Recognizing Revenue from Monies not Claimed Within 60 Days to Become Property of the City; 3) and Appropriating Budget in the Amount of $949,432.23 for Police Department's Information Technology Infrastructure.
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Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8239, amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget,
2. Recognize revenue from monies not claimed within 60 days to become property of the city,
3. Appropriate budget in the amount of $949,432.23 for Police Department's information technology infrastructure.
BACKGROUND
Section 2.54 of the Rialto Municipal Code authorizes disposal of unclaimed property, including unclaimed money, by the Chief of Police. After following all the applicable Federal, State, and local laws, the property may then be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services by City Council resolution for distribution.
Annually the Property and Evidence Bureau conducts an audit of the Property and Evidence account to identify money ready for distribution. Staff identified unclaimed money from January of 1993 through July of 2019.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Beginning in October of 2023, letters were sent to the last known address of claimants to notify them of the unclaimed property. Of the letters sent out only two (2) responses were received.
On January 18, 2024, the Property and Evidence Bureau completed an audit identifying unclaimed money that is ready for publishing. This process of providing notice regarding long standing unclaimed money is required by State Law and was recommended by the City's independent auditors in 2019.
Section 50055 of the California Government Code allows for uncl...
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