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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget transfer due to a required repayment of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid funding to the state as a result of a settlement related to the Mosquito Fire, pulling $261,174 in revenue from the Disaster Designation and increasing appropriations by $261,174 for a required payment to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Settlement funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In February, the County received a check resulting from a settlement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the County service and infrastructure impacts from the 2022 Mosquito Fire. As required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), $304,500.46 of the funding must be paid to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and FEMA, as it is the CalOES / FEMA share of FEMA eligible costs that are being processed for reimbursement to the County. This leaves $8,529,649.03 remaining for the Board to appropriate in the County Budget. On April 7, 2026, with Legistar file 26-0426, the Board approved a budget transfer to recognize the $8,834,150 in funding, $304,501 for a required payment to the CalOES, and designated the remaining $8,529,649 to the Disaster Designation.
After approval of the initial payment, El Dorado County was notified by CalOES that the County would need to repay an additional amount to the LEMA fund for the disbursement of state funding to cover law enforcement mutual aid response during the Mosquito Fire. CalOES was also able to finalize all the amounts needed to be repaid as a result of El Dorado County’s settlement and the process for repayment. El Dorado County will need to remit to CalOES $218,095.10 to be forwarded to FEMA, $66,154.46 to the California Disaster Assistance Act funding, and $281,425.02 to the LEMA fund. The Board has already approved $304,501 in funding to CalOES, but $26...
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