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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to accept an award in the amount of $164,540.93 from the Department of California Highway Patrol (CHP) for the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) for the performance period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 for the education, prevention, and the enforcement of laws related to driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis and cannabis products; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the required Governing Body Resolution 089-2025, per California Code of Regulations Title 13, Division 2, Chapter 13, Section 1890.13(g), authorizing the Sheriff’s Office Agency Chief Fiscal Officer or Undersheriff to accept the grant award and execute for and on behalf of El Dorado County any documents necessary for the purpose of obtaining funding through CTFGP including grant agreements, amendments, extensions, and subsequent grant modifications with the CHP, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk approval.
FUNDING: CHP CTFGP (100%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Sheriff’s Office applied and was awarded the CTFGP funding in the amount of $164,540.93. Final approval and award are contingent upon receiving documentation from the local governing body, the County Board of Supervisors, authorizing the Sheriff’s Office to receive the grant funding.
The goal in submitting the grant application was to receive funding for a program that would allow the Sheriff’s Office to reduce and mitigate the impacts of impaired driving in the community. The intent of the program is to educate the public regarding the dangers of impaired driving, enforce impaired driving laws on the roadway, and improve the organization/agency’s effectiveness through training and development of new strategies. Having this knowledge and training will increase the overall safety of the community. The Sheriff’s Office will use this funding to perform regular DUI enforcement patrols and to purchase two new intoximeters. These deputies will respond to reported DUI’s from Central Dispatch as well as actively looking for unreported DUI drivers.
The Sheriff’s Office will include the appropriations and revenues related to this grant in the adopted budget.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could not approve this item, resulting in the Sheriff’s Office not being able to have additional shifts working to reduce and mitigate the impacts of impaired driving.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
07/23/2024 Legistar file 24-1311
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel approved the Agreement Terms and Conditions and the corresponding Resolution.
CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no net county cost impact associated with this item. The grant funding will cover the costs of the deputies’ and dispatcher’s time working on the DUI patrols.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
N/A
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
N/A
CONTACT
Undersheriff Bryan Golmitz