HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-002 - Accepting the Donation of a Police K-9 from Johanna ScillieriTB 1.18.2022
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF A POLICE K-
9 ANIMAL FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI FOR THE SANTA
ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 PROGRAM
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Police Department ("Department") currently
maintains a K-9 Program ("Program") and has implemented the use of such K-
9 resources via the assistance of neighboring law enforcement agencies; and
B. WHEREAS, the Departments K-9 Program provides a valuable resource to
assist the Department's Field Operations and Investigations Bureaus; and
C. WHEREAS, the addition of this police service dog will further assist in providing
officers with additional safety options when apprehending suspects and
enhance the Canine Unit operational status in assisting other Department bureaus
and in continuing a 7-day week coverage for the City of Santa Ana; and
D. WHEREAS, the addition of this police service dog will further assist in
performing public relation activities with community members; and
E. WHEREAS, community members contribute funding and supplies to enhance
the K-9 program and Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who volunteers up to
30 hours per week in the Investigations Bureau at Santa Ana Police
Department (SAPD) and who has a passion for animals and the Department's
K-9 program, wishes to donate one Police K-9, Nick, to the Santa Ana Police
Department; and
F. WHEREAS, Nick will be trained and certified under the SAPD's program with
Adlerhorst International K-9 Training and will serve in the Department's K-9
Program; and
G. WHEREAS, the total cost to Ms. Scillieri to purchase Nick, which she will donate
to SAPID, is approximately $12,930.
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Section 2. The City hereby accepts the donation of Nick, to its ranks, for the
Department's K-9 Program.
Section 3. If section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Resolution, and each
and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be
declared invalid.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 2022.
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Vicente Sarmiento
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By: 4"', A
Tamara Bogosian
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Bacerra, Hernandez, Lopez, Mendoza,
Phan, Penaloza, Sarmiento (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
None
(0)
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers
None
(0)
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2022-002 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana January 18, 2022.
Date:
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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