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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Accept the Fiscal Year 2012 Homeland Security Grant Program award totaling $188,862, which was included in the Sheriff’s Fiscal Year 2012/13 Budget Addenda, and
2) Authorize the Sheriff, upon review and approval from County Counsel, to execute agreements with sub-grantees for reimbursement of certain expenses identified in the grant application and subsequent grant modifications, not to exceed the total amount of the grant of $188,682.
FUNDING: Fiscal Year 2012 Homeland Security Grant Funds.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost…………… 188,682
Budgeted………………………… 188,682
New Funding…………………….
Savings…………………………
Other……………………………
Total Funding Available………… 188,682
Change To Net County Cost……|9 9|
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no change to Net County Cost. This grant is providing 100% funding for equipment and no County match is required.
Background
On December 17, 2012, the Sheriff's Office received notification from the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) that the County was being awarded $188,682 for the FY 2012 Homeland Security Grant based on an application submitted on August 17, 2012. El Dorado County is the sub-grantee and provides funding for planning, equipment, training and exercise costs to the Sheriff's Office, Public Health, Environmental Management, Fire Districts, and the cities of South Lake Tahoe and Placerville Police Departments, and other eligible local agencies.
As required by the grant, on April 8, 2003, the Board created an Approval Authority, representing the cities of Placerville and South Lake Tahoe, the Sheriff's Office, Fire Districts, Public Health and Environmental Management to approve the distribution of the grant funds at the local level. The Approval Authority has met and approved a plan for allocating the grant funds to equipment. With regard to grant purchased equipment, the County, ...
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