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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to:
1) Sign a Governing Body Resolution 173-2022 for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant to accompany the application for grant funds sub-granted through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The grant allocation is for $175,307, for the period July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024; and
2) Sign a Governing Body Resolution 174-2022 for the FY 2022 Homeland Security Grant Program to accompany the application for grant funds sub-granted through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The grant allocation is for $256,681, for the period September 1, 2022 -May 31, 2025.
FUNDING: Federal Grant Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
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 $175,307 with a County match requirement of 100% by the grant application deadline of December 31, 2022. The Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services (OES) staff spends 100% of their time on tasks that are reimbursable through this EMPG grant. The OES staff salaries are already budgeted and paid by General Funds, so the match is already being met. The grant is a fiscal ...
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