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Council approves multiple public-safety grants; council hears opioid-settlement appropriation at first reading
Summary
Council approved several small state and federal grants for police overtime and enforcement programs and heard a first reading to appropriate $250,000 of opioid settlement funds for an alternative response program; police staff said there are four drug recognition experts on staff.
The Independence City Council approved a series of grant-funded ordinances allocating federal and state funds to police enforcement programs, and the council considered a separate ordinance (first reading) to appropriate $250,000 in opioid settlement funds for an alternative community health response program.
On second reading the council approved multiple grant-acceptance ordinances, including a U.S. Department of Justice Byrne/JAG allocation (referenced on the agenda as item 25-0-48, $50,214 allocated through a memorandum of understanding with Kansas City), a Missouri Department of Transportation pedestrian safety overtime reimbursement grant (item 25-0-49, $30,000), a MoDOT hazardous moving violations/enforcement grant (item 25-0-50, $500,000), a MoDOT impaired-driving/drug recognition grant (item 25-0-51, $1,156,000), and a MoDOT occupant protection enforcement grant (item 25-0-52, $50,000). Each ordinance passed by roll call with the votes recorded in the minutes (listed as passing with unanimous recorded support where roll calls were recorded).
During discussion on the impaired-driving grant, a police representative stated the department currently has four drug recognition experts. One council member asked whether the grant would add more DREs; staff said the grant covers multiple enforcement and prevention elements beyond just the DRE program.
Council also heard first reading of an ordinance to authorize appropriation of $250,000 from the city’s opioid settlement funds for the city’s alternative response to community health program (item 25-0-63). That ordinance was presented on first reading; no final vote on the appropriation was recorded at the meeting. The city manager noted staff will return with recommendations for funding sources and terms for other facility-related financing requests elsewhere on the agenda.
All grant ordinances on second reading carried on recorded roll calls as listed in the meeting minutes.
