For City Council Meeting December 9, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to: (1) Adopt Resolution No. 8436 Amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget; (2) Accept the Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Award in the Amount of $34,120; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute all Related Documents. This Grant Requires no Local City Match.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Adopt a Resolution amending the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget;
2) Accept the FY2024 Homeland Security Grant Program in the amount of $34,120; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents.
BACKGROUND
The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) is the agency vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions previously held within the Governor's Offices of Homeland Security (OHS) and Emergency Services (OES).
Specifically, Cal EMA is responsible for designing and implementing homeland security initiatives and ensuring the State's readiness is at its maximum potential to respond to and recover from the effects of all crises. Through these efforts, Cal EMA remains committed to the four mission areas of the HSGP - to prevent, prepare, respond and recover.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The California Governor's Office of Homeland Security allocates funds through the Office of Emergency Services. Proposed projects must relate to any of the State's priorities, which are as follows:
* Interoperable Communications
* Catastrophic Planning
* Medical Surge
* Citizen Preparedness
* Critical Infrastructure
* Training/Equipment
* Food and Agriculture Safety
Applications for fiscal year 2024 funds for law enforcement were coordinated through the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services. The City of Rialto Police Department was awarded $34,120 for the purchase of equipme...
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