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October 26. 2010 At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, there were present: Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., William E. Moody, Jr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Paige D. Cherry, City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. Pastor Felton Whitfield opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting of October 12, 2010, and of a Regular Meeting of October 12, 2010, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Whitehurst, Griffin Nays: None "Y Ms. Randall led the City Council and citizens in the reciting of the Portsmouth is for People poem. 10 - 489 - Presentations: . Proclamation presented for Johnny "Pep" Morris Day. . Special presentation to Bernard Griffin, Sr. for his service as Mayor. . Paul Holt, Deputy City Manager, introduced Jarvis Middleton as the new director of Public WorkslGeneral Services. - City Manager's Report - 10 - 491 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $20,992.82 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice and appropriating said amount in the FY 2010-2011 Grants Fund for use by the Portsmouth Police Department to purchase bulletproof vests. Vision Principles: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community and Pride of Past, Promise of Future. Background: . The Portsmouth Police Department has received grant funding of $20,992.88 from the Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance to reimburse 50% of the cost expended from the Grants Fund for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the Police Department and Sheriff's Office personnel working on the streets. Discussion: . The grant will be used to reimburse 50% of the cost expended for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the police department and Sheriff's Office personnel working on the streets. These funds will be used to offset some of the costs for the future purchase of bulletproof vests for the police department and Sheriff's Office personnel working on the streets. . Bulletproof vests are purchased and paid for as 50150 allocation between the General Fund (Police's and Sheriff's budgets) and the Grants fund. The revenue from the grantor is a reimbursement to the Grants Fund, which is a multi-year fund. Financial Impact: . The grant award amount is $20,992.88 of Department of Justice funds (Police 75%/Sheriff 25%) for the purchase of bulletproof vests for Portsmouth Police and Sheriff's Department. The matching funds are already in Portsmouth Police and Sheriff's Department FY 2010/11 General Fund budget. The City has no obligation once the grant has ended.