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�S'N'Y `3LFr City of Sunny Isles Beach <br /> ' -" \ 18070 Collins Avenue <br /> Gilt, .' z Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> `s, `Qp∎C' ,,e (305)947-0606 City Hall <br /> r o, 5..,,; "~o (305)949-3113 Fax <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> VIA: Christopher J. Russo, City Manager <br /> FROM: Fred A. Maas, Police Chief <br /> DATE: 5/19/2016 <br /> Approval to Expend Partial Forfeiture Funds (DOJ)for <br /> the purchase of six(6) Police Vehicles, Two (2) Police <br /> RE: Motorcycles and all associated equipment, as well as a <br /> prorated portion of costs to replace the Police /City Hall <br /> telecommunications system, in an amount not to exceed <br /> $347,305.48 <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Commission approve the expenditure <br /> of partial Federal (DOJ) Forfeiture Funds, previously awarded to the <br /> Police Department as the results of investigative participation in <br /> forfeiture and seizure cases. These funds are permissible by law to be <br /> spent for the purchases of police equipment and other law enforcement <br /> activities. It is requested that we be permitted to utilize up to <br /> $347,305.48 of said funds on deposit for such purpose. <br /> REASONS: <br /> The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department actively participates in an <br /> FBI / HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Initiative Group that <br /> conducts numerous ongoing proactive investigations and has a need <br /> for the attached listed equipment. <br /> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> One of the benefits of participating in and providing personnel into high <br /> intensity narcotics investigations is the sharing of confiscated proceeds <br /> 311 <br />