ADOPTED - APRIL 27, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 33

Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO ACCEPT A $600.00 DONATION FROM HOLT LIONS CLUB TO PURCHASE “FACES” SOFTWARE FROM I. Q. BIOMETRIX 

RESOLUTION #10-149

WHEREAS, the Holt Lions Club, a member of Lions’ International, has been in existence since 1968; and

WHEREAS, the Mission Statement of the Holt Lions Club is to “serve the community”; and

WHEREAS, the Holt Lions Club annually provides grants to organizations for programs that benefit the community; and

WHEREAS, the Holt Lions Club wishes to donate $600.00 to the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office to purchase “Faces” Software from I. Q. Biometrix; and

WHEREAS, this program will allow the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office to use this program to create a computer generated composite of a suspect’s face from witnesses descriptions; and

WHEREAS, this program will assist Ingham County Sheriff’s Office investigators in identifying criminal suspects from witness information, clearance of crimes, and assist in the prosecution of said criminals; and

WHEREAS, the Management Information Services Department has assigned a laptop computer to house this software.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes acceptance of the $600.00 from Holt Lions Club for the purchase of “Faces” Software Program from I. Q. Biometrix.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the Sherriff would like to thank the Holt Lions Club for their generous donation of the “Faces” Software Program from I. Q. Biometrix

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  Holman, Koenig, Copedge, Celentino, Bupp, Schafer

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None          Approved  4/15/10

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Schor, Holman, Dougan

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None         Approved  4/21/10

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