SUBJECT
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A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to ratify the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $597,254.85 from the Office of the Governor’s Homeland Security Grants Division to fund the 2026 Operation Lone Star (OLS) Grant Program. Funding will be used to pay for overtime and purchase equipment in an effort to reduce border-related criminal activity in Texas. This grant does not require matching funds. Grant is accounted for in the Special Police Fund.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
None.
BACKGROUND
The Public Safety Office (PSO) is soliciting grant applications for local projects that support Operation Lone Star. The purpose of the program is to enhance interagency border security operations supporting Operation Lone Star including funding to help deter and interdict criminal activity related to the border crisis. Program participants shall assist in the execution of coordinated border security operations in an effort to reduce border-related criminal activity in Texas, decrease the supply of drugs smuggled into and through Texas from Mexico, disrupt and deter operations of gang and cartel criminal organizations, and increase coordination between local and state law enforcement agencies in planning, execution, and analysis of border security operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
recommendation
Recommends the approval of this Resolution.
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Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Year: 2026
Budgeted Y/N?: Y
Source of Funds: Grant
Account #: 229-2386
Change Order: Exceeds 25% Y/N: N/A
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding is available in the Special Police Fund. Project OPLS26