CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2022 Budget; amending Ordinance 126490, which adopted the 2022 Budget; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels; adding provisos; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 126469, passed by the Council on November 22, 2021, accepted funding from non-City sources, including the acceptance of a $3.08 million US Department of Homeland Security - Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant that is administered by the Emergency Management Division of the Washington State Military Department; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 126470, passed by the Council on November 22, 2021, appropriated to the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) $750,000 of UASI grant funding to assist SFD in its efforts to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism; and
WHEREAS, members of the Select Budget Committee indicated in November 2021 their intent to accept all UASI grant funding for the federal fiscal year 2021-22, and to appropriate to the Seattle Fire Department its $750,000 share of the $3.08 million UASI grant, but to delay appropriation of the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD’s) $2.3 million share of the $3.08 million UASI grant until the members of the Council’s Public Safety and Human Services Committee could conduct a more detailed analysis of SPD’s plan to spend the UASI funds; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department has indicated that it will use the UASI funds for: program management and sustainment; citizen preparedness and outreach; contract analysts; equipment and training to respond to acts of terrorism; and mass care shelter planning with the Human Services Department; and
WHEREAS, Public Safety and Human Service Committee members have received information on the specific equipment purchases that will be made with UASI grant funds, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. On November 22, 2021, the City Council passed Council Bill 120220; item 1.48 authorized the City to accept $3,075,000 in non-City funding from the Department of Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division. The bill became Ordinance 126469 after being signed by the Mayor on December 2, 2021.
Section 2. The appropriations for the following items in the 2022 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
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Item |
Fund |
Department |
Budget Summary Level |
Amount |
|
2.1 |
General Fund (00100) |
Seattle Police Department (SPD) |
Special Operations (00100-BO-SP-P3400) |
$2,325,000 |
|
Total |
$2,325,000 |
Section 3. Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant expenditures from appropriations made by this ordinance, when spent on equipment intended for use by the Seattle Police Department, are subject to Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 14.18, including a determination as to whether the equipment is surveillance technology.
Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2022, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2022.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2022.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)