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crry REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 8.a 111 STAFF REPORT Report Number: 95-1286C AGENDA SESSION DATE April 3, 1995 Report Date: 3-99-95 DISPOSITION Item Description: Consideration of Establishing a D.A.R.E Fund Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report ill kikAt1l`,-, - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement she = ecessary.) SUMMARY; Police Chief Ramacher has inquired about the possibility of establishing a separate fund for donations received from various organizations for the DARE program. After discussing the matter with him I am in agreement that it would be appropriate to establish a separate fund for donations received for the program. A separate fund would segregate the DARE donations received from General Fund revenues, thus allowing easier monitoring of the donations received. Expenditures of donated funds would be segregated from other expenditures of the Police Department. This would make it more efficient to monitor expenditures of donations to ensure that they were spent for the proper item(s). For example, donations have been received for the purchase of a vehicle for the DARE Officer. It is staff s responsibility to document that those donations, were, in fact, spent for the purchase of the vehicle. Staff recommends that a DARE Fund be established to account for donations received for the conduct of the DARE Program. Expenditures would be used for the training of personnel to conduct the program, and equipment and materials and supplies related to the program. If Council concurs, staff will prepare, for Council consideration, a resolution establishing a DARE Fund. Donald Brager, Financ irector RECOMMENDATION;