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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Expenditure Of Federal Law Enforcement Funds Pursuant To The Federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act Of 1984 For The Purchase Of A Towable Patrol Vessel (Skiff) In An Amount Not to Exceed $19,600.00 To Be Utilized By The Police Department's Marine Patrol Unit/Dive Team; Authorizing The Department Of Financial Services To Establish Account(s) As May Be Needed; And Further Authorizing The Recognition Of Revenue And Appropriation Of Net Assets In Fund 12 To Those Accounts.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The attached Resolution seeks City Commission authorization for an expenditure of federal law enforcement forfeiture funds to purchase one (1) towable patrol vessel for use by the Police Department's Marine Patrol Unit/Dive Team. The Federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 requires that the Police Department obtain approval for such expenditure from the City Commission. The actual purchase of the towable patrol vessel will be in accordance with the City' Purchasing Ordinance. The use of the Federal Law Enforcement Forfeiture Funds to purchase said vessel is a permissible use of such funds under the Act.
The City of Hollywood is a large, coastal city of 140,000 residents. The City has an almost seven mile length of beachfront and Intracoastal Waterway. On the City's northern edge is one of the busiest ports, Port Everglades and running south from the Dania Cut-Off Canal is the C-10 Canal and its many smaller canals and tributaries. The City has two active Marinas, 4 public boat ramps and multiple land locked lakes of various sizes.
The Hollywood Marine Patrol Unit (Marine Unit) currently deploys two vessels into daily Patrols of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) and the Atlantic Ocean. The two vessels are large hull vessels and are equipped with oversized power units to handle this specified type of patrol...
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