CC MEETING: May 26, 2026
DATE: May 7, 2026
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Roberto Arrendondo, Chief of Police
Rex Redden, Executive Director of Public Safety
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Agreement Between The City Of Carrollton, Texas, And The City Of Dallas, Texas, As Fiscal Agent, And Various Other Dallas County Cities Providing For The 2025 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program Award Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
The procedure for allocating JAG funds is a formula based on population and crime statistics in combination with a minimum allocation to ensure that each state and territory receives an appropriate share. The City of Carrollton is considered a Dallas County city for the purposes of administrative governance. With regard to Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) fund distributions, Dallas County is designated to receive 30 percent of the funding allocated to cities certified as falling into a “disparate funding allocation” category.
The City of Dallas will again be acting as the fiscal agent and will charge a seven percent (7%) administration fee. The allocation process will require two separate agreements with accompanying resolutions for fund sharing, one with Dallas County, and the second with the City of Dallas.
Each year the Police Department has decided to use the JAG allocated funding on equipment, software, or supplies that further the criminal justice programs in the City of Carrollton. Under the 2024 program, CPD intends to use this allocation to purchase components for SWAT ballistic helmets and SWAT uniforms
Staff has prepared a resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement between the City of Carrollton, the City of Dallas, as fiscal agent, and Dallas County to make an application for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant for the year 2025.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
If the City accepts the JAG grant funding, the City will not be required to provide any matching funds. There will be no negative financial impact to the General Fund budget of the City.
The following chart depicts the amount of funds allocated to the City of Carrollton, the required amount of matching funds from the City of Carrollton, the funds that will be shared with Dallas County, and the City of Dallas administration fee.
2025
JAG Funds Allocated to the City $ 19,180.00
Dallas County Allocation (30%) $ 5,754.00
City of Dallas Administrative Fee (7%) $ 939.82
City of Carrollton Matching Funds $ 0.00
Final Carrollton JAG Allocation $ 12,486.18
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
The impact of this project seeks to sustain the community’s quality of life through the improvement of public safety and officer safety.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached Resolution and authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the City of Dallas, as fiscal agent, and Dallas County for the FY 2025-26 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant.