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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the following actions:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer drawing down funds from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) increasing use of fund balance revenues and increasing appropriations by $260,000 in the Sheriff’s Office budget for the purchase of handheld radios (4/5 vote required); and
2) Approve the addition of a quantity of forty-seven (47) hand held radios to the Sheriff's Office Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19 Fixed Asset List; and
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to increase Contract Number FENIX #2169 by an amount not to exceed $260,000 with Motorola Inc. for the purchase of additional hand-held radios; and
4) Approve and authorize the addition/deletion to the Sheriff’s Office FY 2018/19 Fixed Asset list, deleting Jail Cameras and adding a quantity of three (3) 9-1-1 consoles for the Dispatch unit for an estimated cost of $90,000
FUNDING: SLESA Funding $260,000, General Fund $90,000.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Sheriff's Office is requesting approval for the use of SLESA funds from the county's account to purchase additional hand-held radios for deputies in the performance of their daily duties. SLESA funds are from the State's Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) program. The COPS program was originally adopted through AB 3229 in 1996 with funding from the State of California General Fund. As a part of the 2011 realignment of various public safety programs from the state to local government, the Legislature approved the Local Law Enforcement Services Act (AB 118) and shifted all remaining motor vehicle license fee (MVLF) revenue that was previously sent to cities to pay for local law enforcement grant programs including COPS/SLESA programs. SLESA provides funding for frontline law enforcement, county jails, district attorneys for prosecution and local juvenile justice programs. State COPS funding is allocated by the State Contr...
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