For City Council Meeting July 22, 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. 8376 Amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget; (2) Approve the California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant (CTFGP) Agreement in the Amount of $495,000; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute All Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Adopt a Resolution amending the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget,
2) Approve the California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Agreement in the amount of $495,000, and
3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents.
BACKGROUND
The California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant (CTFGP) has awarded the City of Rialto Police Department $495,000 through a no-matching funds Grant.
For the past several years, the City has pursued and been awarded various grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety to help augment its traffic safety efforts. In recent years, the City Council has dedicated increased funding for staffing to support the Department's efforts in improving the safety of the motoring public. This year, the California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant awarded our agency $495,000. The new grant funding will further the Department's ability toward reducing impaired driving crashes, increasing public awareness surrounding the dangers of impaired driving, and making Rialto's roadways a safer place to travel.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The CTFGP grant allocates funding to address traffic-related concerns through the following enforcement and educational programs. Along with the enforcement and educational programs, the grant allocated funding for the purchase of additional equipment to ensure operational efficiency:
Personnel
* DUI Checkpoints
* DUI Saturation Patrols
* Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Education (ARIDE) Training-Instruct
* Standard Field Sobriety Te...
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