Report Prepared by: Joe Weiss, Police Lieutenant, City of Merced Police Department
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SUBJECT: Authorization to Accept and Appropriate a Donation of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) from Benny Dfanda to be Used to Purchase Equipment and Supplies for the Merced Police K9 Unit
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers accepting and appropriating a donation of five hundred dollars ($500.00) from Benny Dfanda to offset the costs of the Merced Police K9 Program.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Accepting the donation of five hundred dollars ($500.00) from Benny Dfanda for use in the Police K9 Program; and,
B. Depositing the five hundred dollar ($500.00) donation to revenue account #001-1001-360-02-01 and appropriate the same amount to account #001-1027-522-29-00 to purchase equipment and supplies for the K9 Unit.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Deny; or,
3. Refer to staff for reconsideration of specific items; or,
4. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).
AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200.
DISCUSSION
The Police Department has received a donation from Benny Dfanda, the owner of the 7-11 store located at 1107 W. Olive Ave in the city of Merced. Mr. Dfanda presented the money order to the Merced Police Department at the grand opening of the store on 4/26/19 with no direction of how the funds were to be spent. The Merced Police Department is requesting to use the funds to purchase equipment and supplies for the K9 unit.
IMPACT ON CITY RESOURCES
None.