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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-31 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024-29 FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br />CONFIRMING THAT THE $467,257 APPROPRIATED BY SAID ORDINANCE <br />SHALL BE USED BY THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR <br />THE OPERATION CEASEFIRE PROGRAM. <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance 2024-29 adopted on April 29, 2024 accepted and <br />appropriated an Operation Ceasefire Program grant in the amount of $467,257 from the <br />Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (the "Appropriated Funds"); and <br />WHEREAS, Section 2 of the Ordinance provided that Appropriated Funds <br />should be used by the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the Victim Witness <br />Program; and <br />WHEREAS, the Appropriated Funds should not be used for the Victim Witness <br />Program, but rather for the Operation Ceasefire Program, which is independent and <br />distinct from the Victim Witness Program <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br />1. That the funds in the amount of $467,257 appropriated by Ordinance <br />2024-29 adopted on April 9, 2024 shall be used by the Commonwealth's Attorney's <br />Office for the Operation Ceasefire Program. <br />2. That this ordinance shall be deemed to have taken effect as of April 9, <br />2024. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on April 23, 2024. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />