To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Sheriff Christopher R. Swanson
title
RE: Approval to accept a grant award from the Michigan State Police Auto Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA)
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA), a division of the Michigan State Police, provides grants to sheriffs to assist with investigating and prosecuting cases involving automobile theft and related offenses. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office has relied on this grant to partially fund its Auto Theft and Fraud Prosecution Unit for the past 35 years.
BACKGROUND:
This grant provides 60% funding for the salaries and fringe benefits of investigators assigned to Genesee Auto Investigation Network (GAIN). GAIN investigators investigate all auto theft-related crimes, such as auto thefts, title fraud, and carjackings. The total grant award for FY2025 is $1,095,166.80 The local match is $108,009.00 and is already in our budget.
DISCUSSION:
None
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This is included in the FY 2025 budget. A budget amendment is attached to align the budget to the final award amount.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The ATPA grant money advances the priority of safe communities by adding resources to address auto thefts, title fraud, and violent crimes such as carjackings. These grant funds also tie into the County’s value of service by giving us more resources to provide prompt, efficient, and competent service to victims of crime while at the same time helping secure the County’s financial stability by providing funds that otherwise would have come from the County’s general fund.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize accepting a grant from the Auto Theft Prevention Authority, a division of the Michigan State Police, in the amount of $1,095,166.80 with required matching funds of $108,009.00 coming from the Sheriff’s Office general fund budget, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the October 2, 2024 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), the Sheriff is authorized to sign the grant agreement on behalf of Genesee County, and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.