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CM OF ST. JIOSIEPH Council Agenda Item 4(C)
MEETING DATE: August 5, 2010
AGENDA ITEM: Grant Award — Requested Action: Accept the
Alternative Underage Drinking Enforcement Grant with an award amount of $ 4,500.
SUBMITTED BY: Police Chief
BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The City Council authorized the submittal of a grant application to assist
with alcohol enforcement.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City has utilized this grant in the past to assist with underage
drinking enforcement. The City did not receive funding in 2009 so the City incurred some additional
overtime on weekends in fall and spring. The acceptance of this grant will defray overtime costs for
weekend enforcement.
BUDGET /FISCAL IMPACT: $ 4,500
ATTACHMENTS: Request for Council Action 4(c):1 -2
Notice of award 4(c):3 -4
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Acceptance of the Alternative Underage Drinking Enforcement Grant in
the amount of $ 4,500.
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Minnesota Institute of Public Health JUN 2 8 2010
CITY OF ST. .
June 24, 2010
Chief Peter Jansky
St. Joseph Police Department
25 College Avenue North
PO Box 268
St. Joseph, MN 56374
Re: Alternate Underage Drinking Enforcement Grant Application
Chief Jansky:
Congratulations! Your department has been selected by the Minnesota Institute of Public Health
(MIPH) as a recipient of our Alternate Underage Drinking Enforcement grant program.
I want to commend you on your application. The review committee was particularly supportive
of your focus on identifying the providers of alcohol and working with your local colleges for
additional sanctions. We have approved your application for the amount of $4,500.00.
I am still working out some details for contracts to be developed and sent out. I hope to have
them out to you in the next few weeks. The contract will include the duties that we expect you to
carry out under this contract. One duty we will include in the contract is to meet with the
prosecutor (usually County Attorney's Office) that would handle gross misdemeanor procuring
alcohol to a minor charges. From our experience in other communities, it is important to discuss
the enforcement and evidentiary issues with your prosecutor ahead of time to ensure they are
willing to act on charges that you forward to them. I expect you already have a relationship with
your prosecutor from previous alcohol provider cases, but we are including this because some
departments may not have taken that step.
Another aspect we will include in your contract is that you may, if you are able within your
department, to call -in additional officers if an underage drinking party is found. You may use
these grant funds to cover that unscheduled overtime if it is directly related to identified
underage drinking. Allowing this call -in or call -back funding has been helpful to some
departments in the past so we will allow the same opportunity to you.
A new requirement this year is that you must conduct pre- and post - enforcement media. For your
invoicing and reporting, we will ask you to submit, at minimum, the news releases that you
issued. We would also appreciate copies of any coverage that you receive. We also encourage
you to do media outreach beyond the news releases (e.g., appearing on local radio programs,
calling reporters to tell them about your project and encourage coverage), but we will not require
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that under your contract. If you would like assistance in drafting your news release, please
contact me. I would be happy to help you with that task.
Along with your contract, MIPH will send you detailed information for reporting and invoicing
for alternate enforcement operations.
We commend you for your commitment to reducing illegal access to alcohol and protecting your
community. If there is any way we can help you or you have any questions, please contact me at
snesbitt@miph.org or 800 - 782 -1878 x128.
Sincerely,
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Project Director
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