HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2013-044 funding for H.I.D.T.A. grantMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2013-044
RELATING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
TOWN MANAGER TO EXEGUTE A HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA
(HIDTA) GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUCSON (COT) AND THE
TOWN OF MARANA TO RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER COT GRANT NUMBER HT-13-
2314
WHEREAS the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the National Drug Control Policy
Reauthorization Act of 1998 authorized the Director of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy to designate areas within the United States which e�ibit serious drug trafficking
problems as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA); and
WHEREAS the Southern Arizona Counties of Cochise, La Paz, Maricopa, iVlohave,
Pima, Pinal, Santa. Cruz, and Yuma are designated target areas under the HIDTA Program; and
WHEREAS the HIDTA Program provides federal fiznding to designated HIDTA areas to
help eliminate or reduce drug trafficking and its harmful consequences; and
WHEREAS the City of Tucson has been awarded funding to coordinate effarts and
administer grants in the Southern Arizona Region on behalf of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy under the HIDTA Program; and
WHEREAS upon execution of a grant agreement, the City of Tucson will award grant
funding to the Town of Marana to reimburse salary and employee-related expenses for a Marana
Police Department officer for services provided in coordination with the Pima County/Tucson
Metro Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) funded under the HIDTA Program between January l,
2013 and December 31, 2014; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana find it is in the best interests
of its citizens to enter into this grant agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The grant agreement between the Town of Marana and the City of Tucson
attached to and incorporated by this reference in this resolution as Exhibit A is hereby approved,
and the Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute it for and on behalf of the
Town of Marana.
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SECTION 2. The Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to carry out the terms, obligations, and
objectives of the grant agreement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Mazana, Arizona,
this 7�" day of Mav, 2013.
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Mayor Ed �Ionea
ATTEST:
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Town Clerk
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, Town Attorney
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