For City Council Meeting [October 12, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Adopt Budget Resolution No. 7779 Accepting Additional Funds for the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Grant Program in the Amount of $15,621.00, Increasing Estimated Revenue and Appropriating Expenditures, and Approve the Purchase of a Can-Am Maverick ATV from Chaparral Motorsports in the Amount of $40,325.64.
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BACKGROUND
The Rialto Police Department originally received funding in the amount of $24,705.00 from the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Grant Program to purchase a Specialized Emergency Management Vehicle for responses in areas not conducive to standard police vehicles. Rialto City Council accepted this grant funding on June 23, 2020. The Rialto Police Department applied for additional funding through the Homeland Security Grant Program to cover the cost of the Can-Am Maverick ATV. The department was awarded $15,621.00 of additional funding on August 17, 2021.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The city's topography varies from common cityscape features to long stretches of unpaved surfaces with overgrown brush, hilly and rocky areas, and numerous wash areas. The introduction of a specialized "all-terrain" vehicle will prove to be an excellent tool for accessing these varying areas of topography and will aid in emergency management operations or disaster response in order to transport equipment and personnel to an incident site in the City of Rialto with limited or restricted accessibility.
The non-cityscape areas in the City of Rialto have required police responses for a varying number of issues such as homeless encampments, wildfire threats, and criminal activity. Because of the topography, the customary police vehicle is limited in its accessibility capabilities and currently the Rialto Police Department is not equipped with a vehicle that will allow for access ...
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