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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to:
1) Sign a Governing Body Resolution 078-2026 for the Fiscal Year 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant to accompany the application for grant funds sub-granted through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services in the amount of $157,391, for the retroactive period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027; and
2) Sign a Governing Body Resolution 079-2026 for the Fiscal Year 2025 Homeland Security Grant Program to accompany the application for grant funds sub-granted through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services in the amount of $234,278, for the retroactive period of September 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028.
FUNDING: Federal Grant Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) makes funds available each fiscal year to support comprehensive emergency management at the state, tribal, and local levels to encourage the improvement of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery for all hazards. The EMPG requires a dollar-for-dollar match to ensure that counties are making a similar investment in this important function. The HSGP does not require a match.
Cal OES requires that a resolution (by title and not name) accompany the application from a public agency governing body authorizing its agents to execute for and on behalf of that public agency applications for federal grant funds. To avoid having to obtain a resolution each year, Cal OES has allowed up to three-years of grant applications to be authorized in this resolution.
The Sheriff's Office will be submitting an application for this EMPG allocation of $157,391 for the retroactive term of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 with a County match requirement of 100% by the grant application deadline of April 30, 2026. The Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services (OES) staff spends 100% of their time on tasks that are reimbursable through this EMPG...
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