HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-036 Approving and Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute a Hight Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Grant Agreement between City of Tucson (COT) and the Town MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-036
RELATING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING
THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE 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-23-2930
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 exhibit serious drug
trafficking problems as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA); and
WHEREAS the Southern Arizona Counties of Cochise,La Paz,Maricopa,Mohave,
Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma are designated target areas under the HIDTA
Program; and
WHEREAS the HIDTA Program provides federal funding 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 efforts 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 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024; 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
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hereby approved, and the Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute it
for and on behalf of the Town of Marana.
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 Marana,
Arizona, this 18th day of April, 2023.
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Mayor Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROV D AS TO FORM:
David L. Udall, Town Clerk Janfrall, Town Attorney
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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