HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-025 - Authorizing the Donation of a Surplus Law Enforcement Equipment to the City of SonsonateRESOLUTION NO. 2013-025
Ana:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF A SURPLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT
EQUIPMENT TO THE CITY OF SONSONATE, EL SALVADOR
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Santa
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. For the last two years, the City of Santa Ana and the City of
Sonsonate, El Salvador have established an exchange program through ICMA
(International City/County Management Association) to foster education, including
community policing efforts, and cultural awareness in both cities. As part of this
program and through funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, in
March 2011, police personnel along with Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero and Councilmember
Sarmiento visited Sonsonate to share best practices regarding violence prevention and
community collaboration between the citizens of Santa Ana and Sonsonate. Santa Ana
Police Department personnel also provided technical assistance on Community Policing
to the Salvadoran National Police.
B. On November 13, 2012 Acting Chief of Police Carlos Rojas
received a letter from the Mayor of Sonsonate, Jose Roberto Aquino Ruiz, detailing the
outdated equipment used by his police officers and the fact that they do not have the
appropriate equipment to aid them in their goal of reducing community violence. In his
letter, Mayor Ruiz requested any excess law enforcement equipment that the City of
Santa Ana was no longer using.
C. Recently, the City of Santa Ana determined that 20 shirts without
patches, 20 trousers without patches, 10 jackets without patches, 365 belt keepers, 24
baton keepers, 20 ammo pouches, 6 Sam Browne leather belts, 12 handcuff cases, 20
mace holders, and 5 holsters ("law enforcement equipment") are no longer needed by
the City's Police Department and should be declared surplus.
D. This equipment cannot be sold as surplus and is the type of surplus
property that would be subject to destruction by the City.
E. The City of Santa Ana, by and through the Santa Ana Police
Department, wishes to donate the surplus equipment to the City of Sonsonate's Police
Department.
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F. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana believes such a donation
would foster goodwill toward the citizens of Sonsonate, promote its educational
affiliation, community policing ideals, and relationship with the City of Sonsonate.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the Police Chief, or his
designee to convey the subject law enforcement equipment to the City of Sonsonate,
including transfer via use of volunteer intermediaries, on terms as may be acceptable to
the Finance Director, or his designee and the City Attorney. Such terms shall include
an agreement and release from liability.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, 2013.
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:
Laura A. Rossini
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Amezcua, Benavides, Martinez, Pulido, Reyna,
Sarmiento Tinajero (7)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2013-025 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on June 3, 2013.
Date:
Clerk of the Council, City of, %nta Ana
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