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Sheriff's Department recommending the Board accept the award of the California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team Grant (Cal-MMET) in the amount of $208,000; and recommending Budget Transfer 27159 establishing associated expenditures. (4/5 vote required)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: Cal-MMET, noting there is no County match associated with this grant.
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Budget Summary
Cal-MMET Revenue 208,000
Expenses WENET SLEDNET Total
Staffing 22,756 65,000 87,756
Operating Expenses 45,894 30,000 75,894
Fixed Assets 9,350 35,000 44,350
Total Expenses 78,000 130,000 208,000
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
There is no change to net county cost. Revenue will be offset with an equal amount of expenditures. There is no County match requirement for this grant.
Background:
The California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team is comprised of 8 Counties including El Dorado, Butte, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba. The basic mission of the Task Force, which will be funded by this grant, is for joint coordination of local law enforcement agencies to interdict and reduce the production, manufacturing, distribution and trafficking of methamphetamine. Yolo County Sheriff's Office will act as the lead agency for this initiative.
Reason for Recommendation:
The grant award from the Office of Emergency Services is for a total of $1,565,197. El Dorado County's portion of the grant is $208,000. The effective date of the grant is July 1, 2006. However, the Notification of Application Approval was not received by Yolo County until January 23, 2007. This grant is expected to continue for three years.
The Sheriff's Department proposes to use the Cal-MMET grant to provided funding in two existing programs, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (WENET) and the South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (SLEDNET). Grant funding wi...
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