26-R-014 Authorizing the Schertz Police Department to Accept the 2025 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership FundsRESOLUTION 26-R-014
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE SCHERTZ POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT THE 2025 PATRICK LEAHY
BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP FUNDS
WHEREAS, The Schertz City Council finds it in the best interest of the citizens
of the City of Schertz that the 2025 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership funds be
accepted and used throughout the FY 2026 operating period and until their
expiration or completed use, whichever comes first.
WHEREAS, the Schertz City Council is informed this program a fifty percent
(50%) reimbursement program from the United States Department of Justice. If
awarded, the City of Schertz will pay all initial costs upfront and submit for
reimbursement.
WHEREAS, the Schertz City Council agrees that in the event of loss or misuse
of the Office of the Governor funds, the Schertz City Council assures that the funds will
be returned to the Department of Justice in full.
WHEREAS, the Schertz City Council designates the City Manager as the
program's authorized official. The authorized official is given the power to apply for,
accept, reject, alter, or terminate the program on behalf of the applicant agency.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the acceptance of the funds for
the 2025 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership and designates Steve
Williams, Schertz City Manager, as the Authorized Official to apply for, accept, decline,
modify, or cancel the program application.
Section 2. James Lowery, Schertz Police Chief, is designated as the Program
Director and James Walters, Finance Director, is designated as the Financial Officer for
this grant.
Section 3. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be
true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are
adopted as a part of the judgment and fmdings of the City Council.
Section 4. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent
with any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict,
and the provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters
resolved herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 6. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and
the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall
nevertheless be valid, and the City Council hereby declares that this Resolution
would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 7. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting
at which this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the
time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such
meeting, including this Resolution, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas
Government Code, as amended.
Section 8. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this6 day of LCa 1 , 2026.
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CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
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City Secretary, h ila Edmondson