Coral Springs approves sidewalk funding and $348,815 for police

Coral Springs approves sidewalk funding and 8,815 for police — Credit: City of Coral Springs

Coral Springs, Florida – Coral Springs commissioners approved funding for a sidewalk project and authorized additional police spending during their Oct. 21 meeting. The decisions address improvements along NW 39th Court and the use of $348,815 in Law Enforcement Trust Funds for the police department.

For the sidewalk work, the commission passed a resolution allocating $110,000 from the city’s Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan funding. The money is designated for the NW 39th Court project between Coral Hills Drive and Coral Springs Drive.

Commissioners also approved a separate contract for professional engineering design services for the same sidewalk path project. Kimley Horn and Associates of Raleigh, North Carolina, received the $205,000 contract.

The two sidewalk decisions serve different purposes. One assigns grant funding to the project, while the other authorizes the engineering design services. Together, the approvals move the project forward, although the meeting account did not provide a construction start date or completion schedule.

The police funding decision authorizes the department to use Law Enforcement Trust Funds. The spending request identifies $250,000 for seasonal school resource officers’ salaries and also lists $75,000 for overtime expenses.

Those staffing expenses form a major part of the police funding outlined at the meeting. The request also addresses annual support for a youth program and a law enforcement accreditation organization.

According to Police Chief Brad Mock, the department anticipates reimbursement from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Money Laundering and Narcotics Task Force.

That expected reimbursement will cover the annual $15,000 donation to the Coral Springs Police Explorers, along with an annual $8,815 contribution to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement.

The reimbursement was described as anticipated, rather than money already received. The commission’s action authorizes the trust fund spending while the department expects those funds from the task force.

The meeting’s approvals therefore cover both a specific neighborhood infrastructure project and police department expenses. For NW 39th Court, commissioners approved grant funding and a design contract. For police, they authorized funding tied to staffing, overtime and annual contributions.