Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager, or Designee, to Apply for, Accept if Awarded, and Implement the Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Grant through the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority to Enhance Motor Vehicle Crime Detection and Apprehension for the McKinney Police Department
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community
MEETING DATE: April 21, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Police
CONTACT: Joe Ellenburg, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The McKinney Police Department is seeking approval to apply for the MVCPA Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Grant Program. This will fund the police department’s significant expansion of License Plate Reader cameras, Drone as First Responder assets, and other hardware and software applications.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (MVCPA) has authorized the issuance of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY 2027) Request for Applications (RFA). Senate Bill 224 provides that, “The money deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund for coordinated regulatory and law enforcement activities intended to detect and prevent catalytic converter theft in this state… may be appropriated to the Authority for the activities required by this section.” To implement SB 224, the MVCPA is providing Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Grants to local law enforcement taskforces and agencies to combat Catalytic Converter Theft.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Total Program Cost: $1,743,042 (Grant: $1,394,434; City Match: $348,608)
• 20% Cash Match Required
• Program entered as FY27 Supplement to cover program or match dependent on grant award.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A