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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board retroactively accept the donation of a MX-908-c portable mass spectrometer, valued at $106,663.81, from the Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA) Forum Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
FUNDING: CUPA Forum Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 19, 2022 the Board accepted a $106,663.81 CUPA Protection Trust Fund grant and added the MX908-c portable mass spectrometer to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 fixed asset list. This grant was awarded specifically for the procurement of an MX-9080c Portable Mass Spectrometer, to be utilized to assist in providing chemical identification during field inspections of regulated facilities and during emergency response activities.
The CUPA Forum Trust directly purchased the MX 908 and furnished the equipment, rather than funding, to El Dorado County’s Environmental Management on September 6, 2022. (Attachment B).
Due to CUPA’s procurement of the item on behalf of Environmental Management, Environmental Management is requesting Board approval and acceptance of this item as a fixed asset in accordance with Government Code section 25355.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could decline the donation.
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel reviewed and suggested this course of action.
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no change to Net County Cost.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
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STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
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CONTACT
Jeffrey Warren, REHS, Director
Environmental Management Department