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these funds by local law enforcement officials. The funds are to be allocated from the County fund to the county sheriff, district attorney, the county, cities, and certain special districts based on population. Cities should expect to receive about $2.30 per capita. The City of Pleasanton's share will be $133,768. The Chief of police must submit to the Council a proposal for the expenditure of the funds. The Council must hold a public heating in September of each year the appropriation is made by the State Legislature and approve a resolution to act upon the proposal within 60 days. The council shall consider these written requests separate and apart from the process applicable to proposed allocations of the general fund. The funds can not be used to supplant existing funding for services. They can not be intermingled with other funds, but must be deposited in a special fund. The City Finance Director must provide a monthly report on expenditures of this appropriation to the County Supplemental Law Enforcement Oversight Committee, the Council and the Chief of Police. The appropriated funds are exclusively for Front Line Municipal Police Services including antigang or Community Crime Prevention Programs. Once the Council has adopted a resolution, and the appropriation has been received from the County, the City Finance Director may disperse the funds. The County Auditor-Controller has received information from the State that the County will receive our funds near the end of September. They will automatically disperse the funds to the cities. The County Auditor-Controller has indicated our portion will be $133,768. It is to be deposited into a City Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund. The Police Department Crime Prevention Bureau organizes and administers Neighborhood Watch groups, Crime Prevention and Safety programs. These have grown to over 300 groups and 90 programs per year. The COPS appropriation will provide a full time experienced police officer to oversee and enhance these valuable programs. Among the officers duties will be to organize neighborhood watch groups, speak at the group meetings, give crime safety presentations to local businesses, schools, associations, and seniors programs, and conduct inspections of buildings for compliance with our crime prevention ordinance. The appropriation will also fund equipment enhancements or refurbishment and the production of an informational video for use in our crime prevention programs. SUBSEQUENT YEARS: We would anticipate short term (one to three year) funding through this appropriation as it is renewed by the State legislature each fiscal year, on a year to year basis. It is always possible that finding may not be granted in any subsequent year. Decisions on staffing levels are made during each budget cycle. These decisions are made based upon need weighed against available resources. In the worst case scenario we would receive funds for one year and no subsequent years. We would not be obligated to maintain the additional police officer position in perpetuity and adjustments could be made through routine attrition. Attrition for the past five fiscal years has averaged three officers per year. This is the first year of the State COPS program. Therefore, fmal information regarding securing our appropriation was not available until early September. SR 96:279