Gilmer City Council Eyes Beefing Up Police Force

COPS grant would fund two Gilmer Police Department positions

GILMER, TX, Feb. 23, 2009 -- The Gilmer City Council will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 24th, at 5:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

The council will consider applying for a grant from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) for funds to hire more police officers.

Gilmer City Manager Jeff Ellington says the grant would provide funds to hire two officers for three years, and the city would be responsible to fund at least one more year after that.

Members will also consider instituting an Identity Theft Program, aimed at training city workers on how to handle sensitive personal information, and how to spot and prevent identity theft.

The complete City Council Agenda follows:


AGENDA

REGULAR STATED MEETING
GILMER CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24th, 2009 5:15 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
110 BUFFALO
GILMER, TEXAS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF GILMER WILL IN REGULAR
STATED SESSION ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24th, 2009, 5:15 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
OF CITY HALL TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

1. CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVING MINUTES FROM THE FOLLOWING MEETING:
(ENCLOSURE)
A. Regular Stated Session — February 10, 2009

3. CONSIDER AND ACT ON ORDINANCE NO. 09-002 ESTABLISHING AN IDENTITY THEFT
PREVENTION PROGRAM, TO SET OUT DEFINITIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM; TO
PROVIDE A REPEALING CLAUSE, TO PROVIDE A SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (ENCLOSURE)

4. CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF PARK FUNDS FROM THE GILMER AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE (ENCLOSURE)

5. CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY
OF UPSHUR AND THE CITY OF GILMER FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO
ROADS (ENCLOSURE)

6. CONSIDER EXECUTION OF COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS AGREEMENT FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, TEXAS CAPITAL FUND #728342 (THE DUOLINE
PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 271 SOUTH) (ENCLOSURE)

7. CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE COMMUNITY
ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS) PROGRAM FOR THE GILMER POLICE
DEPARTMENT (ENCLOSURE)

8. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVING THE BILL LIST (ENCLOSURE)

9. ADJOURN

The agenda can be found online at http://www.gilmer-tx.com/?page_id=6.