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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date: 8/27/2024
Item Creation Date:
HPD - School Crossing Guard Reimbursement via Child Safety Fund
Agenda Item#: 32.
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreements to reimburse ALDINE I.S.D., ALIEF I.S.D., AMIGOS POR VIDA, ANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX, CLEAR CREEK I.S.D., FORT BEND I.S.D., GALENA PARK I.S.D., HOUSTON I.S.D., HUFFMAN I.S.D., KATY I.S.D., PASADENA I.S.D., PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL, RIVER OAKS BAPTIST, SPRING BRANCH I.S.D., ST. ANNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL, and ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL for payment of School Crossing Guards from Child Safety Fund - 5 Years |
| | | | | | | | Background:
As background, Chapter 106 of the Texas Local Government Code requires the City of Houston to establish a Child Safety Fund for the purpose of providing school crossing guard services to public, parochial, or private elementary or secondary schools. Schools are reimbursed based on the submitted expenditures pursuant to City Ordinance. The Houston Police Department is requesting City Council to approve seventeen (17) School Crossing Guard Agreements for a five-year term via the Child Safety Fund to reimburse these schools. The total revenue for FY2025 available in the Child Safety Fund is $3,203,500. Anticipated revenue over a five-year period is $16,017,500.00.
Revenues to the Child Safety Fund come from an assessment of a Municipal Court fee of $5.00 on each parking violation, a $1.50 fee for each vehicle registration authorized by Harris County and up to $25.00 court costs assessed when an offense occurs within a school crossing zone and other truancy violations. The City of Houston pays out all revenues that come into this fund and has no obligation for paying out more from the fund than the fund takes in from revenue. In the event the Child Safety Fund is insufficient to pay the Actual Service Costs, then the available money in the fund shall be apportioned equally on the basis of the total number of elementary school crossings within the city.
The agreements are for a five-year term. Additional agreements with schools/districts may be brought before City Council for approval at a later date, upon approval by their administrative bodies.
The Chief of Police for the Houston Police Department recommends that City Council approve these seventeen (17) agreements with the schools listed here:
1. Aldine I.S.D
2. Alief I.S.D
3. Amigos Por Vida
4. Annunciation Orthodox
5. Clear Creek I.S.D
6. Fort Bend I.S.D
7. Galena Park I.S.D
8. Houston I.S.D
9. Huffman I.S.D
10. Katy I.S.D
11. Pasadena I.S.D
12. Presbyterian School
13. River Oaks Baptist
14. Spring Branch I.S.D
15. St. Anne Catholic School
16. St. John's School
17. St. Vincent De Paul School
FISCAL NOTE:
Funding for this item is included in the FY2025 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policies.
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J. Noe Diaz, Jr.
Chief of Police
Estimated Spending Authority
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DEPARTMENT
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FY 2025
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OUT YEARS
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TOTAL
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HOUSTON POLICE
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$3,203,500.00
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$12,814,000.00
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$16,017,500.00
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| | | | | | | | Amount and Source of Funding:
$16,017,500.00
Child Safety Fund
Fund 2209 |
| | | | | | | | Contact Information:
Rhonda Smith, Deputy Director & CFO, 713.308.1708
Sonja O'Dat, Executive Staff Analyst, 713.308.1728 |
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