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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Re-affirm and update action taken on April 8, 2003, authorizing the appointment of an Anti-Terrorism Approval Body (Approval Authority) required to approve distribution of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds sub-granted through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services State Homeland Security Grant Program for current (2013, 2014) and future grant years;
2) Acknowledge that representatives from the following agencies will comprise the Approval Authority not to exceed five representatives:
a) City Police Departments;
b) County Sheriff's Office;
c) County Fire Departments;
d) City Fire Departments; and
e) County's Public Health Division; and
3) Authorize the Sheriff's Office to make purchases approved by the Approval Authority for agencies, including but not limited to, County agencies, Placerville Police Department, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, County Fire Departments, City Fire Departments, El Dorado Irrigation District, Ambulance JPA within the scope of the granting agency.
FUNDING: State Homeland Security Grant Funding Program.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Sheriff's Office recommends this re-affirming and updating of action taken in 2003 to formalize the appointment of the participating agencies to the Approval Authority body which authorizes the reimbursement of expenditures related to terrorism prevention, response, mitigation and recovery through SHSGP funding.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board authorized the appointment of an Anti-Terrorism Approval Body (Approval Authority) to approve the distribution of Federal Homeland Security funds on April 8, 2003. On August 5, 2014, Board Resolution No. 121-2014 authorized the Sheriff's Office staff (the Sheriff, Undersheriff, Sheriff's Lieutenant of the Office of Emergency Services, and the Chief Fiscal Officer) to execute grant documents for and on behalf of the named applicant, El Dorado County. The County ...
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