LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021
RESOLUTION: R-21-183
PURPOSE: Relative to the acceptance of $58,000 from the State of New
Hampshire, Department of Justice into Police Grant A ctivity
2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Program”
and to authorize the transfer of matching funds.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor James Donchess
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Human Affairs Committee
FISCAL NOTE: The fiscal impact is a $58,000 grant to the City to be used for a
specific purpose. The transfer of matching funds reduces the
amount in the contingency account. The employer cost of benefits
(i.e. pension costs, Social Security, Medicare, health, dental and
life insurance) associated with the employees funded through this
grant, is the fiscal responsibility of the City. These costs will be
funded through the Police Department’s General Fund operating
budget.
ANALYSIS
This resolution authorizes the City to accept $58,000 from the State of New Hampshire's
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Program for the purpose of funding law
enforcement programs in calendar year 2022. Upon passage of this resolution. $78,402 of
matching funds, budgeted for this purpose, will be transferred into the Police Grant Activity.
Charter Sec. 53 permits the Board of Aldermen to transfer any unencumbered appropriation
balance or any portion thereof from one department, fund or agency to another. NRO § 5-130, H
provides that “when proposed legislation to transfer or reappropriate a particular appropriation or
portion thereof has had its first reading, such funds shall not be expended or transferred while the
legislation is pending”.
Approved as to account Financial Services Division
number and/or structure, ;
and amount: By: ‘s/ John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel
By: Dour“. Ca Se
Date: oh November Pin
