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Meeting Date:	04/16/2019
Director's Name:	Norman Foster
Department:	Management & Budget

Information

Requested Action

MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2019-242 transferring funds within the Law Enforcement Trust Fund (LETF) for the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) in the amount of $447,191 for the purpose of providing funds for various organizations' crime prevention, safe neighborhood, and drug abuse education and prevention programs.

(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)

ACTION: (T-11:36 AM) Approved.

VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Geller voted in the affirmative telephonically.

Why Action is Necessary

Florida Statutes 932.7055(5)(a) requires that proceeds from the disposition of liens and forfeited property obtained from criminal procedure and corrections be deposited in a special law enforcement trust fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. Recommendation of the Sheriff and Board approval are required to appropriate LETF funds.

What Action Accomplishes

Provides LETF funding in the amount of $447,191 for various organizations' crime prevention, safe neighborhood, and drug abuse education and prevention programs.

Is this Action Goal Related

Previous Action Taken

None.

Summary Explanation/Background

The Broward Sheriff's Office supports this LETF request to provide funding to the organizations shown on page 2 of Exhibit 1 for crime prevention, safe neighborhood, and drug abuse education and prevention programs.

Source of Additional Information

Norman Foster, Director, Office of Management and Budget, (954) 357-6346
Colonel James Reyes, BSO Department of Administration, (954) 831-8180

Fiscal Impact

Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary:

Funds are available within the Law Enforcement Trust Fund for these actions. According to BSO, the current balance of the LETF, as of March 26, 2019, is $3,452,565 in the local account ($2,584,827 of which is unrestricted) and $5,835,579 in the federal account ($2,363,994 of which is unrestricted). This action will utilize $447,191 in unrestricted local funds.

Attachments
Exhibit 1 - Budget Resolution
Exhibit 2 - Appropriation Request