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Transmittal Letter

Crime Control and Prevention CCPD Fund Expenditure Highlights
District Fund
Highlight Item Expenditure
The half-cent sales tax collection to fund the Crime 2.5% base pay
Control and Prevention District (CCPD) began in
April 1998, with the first sales tax check received Pay adjustment adjustment,
in June 1998. State law provides that a district’s life Personnel merit
is limited to five years, unless voters continue the Health insurance 10.38% rate
district by approval of a referendum. In February increase
2002, Southlake voters approved the continuation Vigilant Solutions $7,750
of the CCPD for 15 years, and the District was set to
sunset in 2018 unless reauthorized by the voters. Equipment Laser radar $5,190
replacement (2)
In May 2015, Southlake voters, chose to reallocate Taser $20,296
a three-eighths cent portion from the CCPD to replacement
the formation of a new sales tax district to fund AV upgrades and
recreational and economic development projects. replacement at
Approval of the new district provided the funding DPS North and $300,419
needed to construct and support operations of the DPS Headquarters
new community center, The Marq Southlake. This
left a one-eighth cent allocation remaining for CCPD New CAD
activities through the new sunset period, 2038, as / Record $210,000
authorized by the voters in May 2017. Management
system
The use of district funds is defined by State law. Technology Body-worn
The primary use of the fund is to pay for School cameras for CID $14,795
Resource Officers at Carroll ISD schools, as well as and for SWAT
for needed materials and equipment for the Police
Department. Social Sentinel
- Social Media $13,000
Revenue highlights. For FY 2020, $1,881,000 is Alerting Program
anticipated in sales tax collections for the District, Laptops for CID
along with $95,000 in interest income for total and SRO’s $26,000
revenues of $1,976,000. This is a projected increase
of 0.1% over the FY 2019 adopted budget at their
July 30, 2019, meeting.
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Expenditure highlights. Total operating expenditures
are proposed at $1,904,171 for FY 2020. Planned A special election was held on May 6,
expenses for the operating budget were approved for 2017, asking voters to determine if the
funding by the Crime Control and Prevention District
Board of Directors. CCPD should be reauthorized for an
additional twenty years. The proposition
passed with 81% of voters supporting
Proposed operating fund expenditures include ongoing the extension. As a result, the District is
allocation of dollars for the School Resource Officer scheduled to sunset in 2038.
program, as well as equipment needed by the Police
Department.
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