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, - REQUEST.FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Aqenda Date Reauested: June 24, 1991 Requested by: Chief B.L. Powell Department: Police Report Resolution x Ordinance Exhibits: SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION We have again been ask to cooperate with the Harris County Organized Crime And Narcotic Task Force by supplying them a Supervisor. This Officer will be a Sergeant of our Special Operation Division. The grant for this position will begin June 1, 1991. This unit has been funded by The Texas Narcotics Control Program in the amount of 2.35 million dollars. We will receive funding to replace the sergeant when he is loaned to Task Force on this grant. The Task Force will pay up to 75\ of full salary and benefits for a Sergeant.. The officer replacing him will begin at entry level. For Example: Sgt. Pay + Benefits 75\ of Sgt. Salary Replacement officer + Benefits $45,823. $34,367 $29,379. As you note 75\ of the sergeant's officer, therefore, this request will will not make money on the venture, cost of the replacement officer. salary is more than the replacement be of no cost to the city. The city as The Task Force will only pay the The sergeant will supervise seven narcotic officers that will be assigned to work the East end of Harris County. This will be to our benefit as he already knows of our drug problem areas. Participation in this unit has given us the necessary resources to continue the fight against drugs on our streets and drug dealers. The Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force major concentration on drug operations will give us a broader range of narcotic powers in other areas. Continued participation in this project will be extremely beneficial to the City of La Porte. We agreed that all monies confiscated was to go back into the Harris County Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force. This will be for operating expenditures until they have made up to the amount originally funded. They would then start sharing money with the cities participating in the program. We received over $14,000 last year from participation in one seizure, even though we have agreed not to expect any money. The grant applied for to cover the sergeant position is funded for one year. However, the Organized Crime Unit has been in operations for over ten years, funded by Grants from the State of Texas. They are now funded by a Federal Grant under the name of Harris County Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force. This grant is for a year, but if the funding is not approved for fiscal year 1992-93, they have enough funds from seizures to operate for two years. However, this Task Force is the largest in the State of Texas and has the highest arrest and seizures. They will continue building funds from seizures, therefore, they can continue to operate into the future. The City Council must pass an Ordinance authorizing an adjustment to the budget for an additional person. This ordinance will be sent to Harris County Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force alone with the contract proper paper work for approval. We are requesting this Ordinance be placed on the council agenda for the June 24, 1991 Council meeting. ACTION REQUIRED BY COUNCIL: Request Council approve this request for an ordinance assigning a supervisor to the Harris County Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force.