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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to execute:
1) Reimbursement Agreement 5808 between the County and the City of Placerville for reimbursement of funds in the amount of $32,000 for the grant performance period that ends May 31, 2022 from the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Grant for the purchase of high durability Computer Tablets for the Placerville Police Department; and
2) Reimbursement Agreement 5807 between the County and El Dorado Irrigation District for reimbursement of funds in the amount of $4,500 for the grant performance period that ends May 31, 2022 from the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Grant for the purchase of satellite phones.
FUNDING: Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Grant.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 8, 2003, the Board created an Approval Authority to distribute Homeland Security Grant funds to local eligible entities. This Approval Authority has approved the reimbursement of $32,000 to the City of Placerville from the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security for the update to purchase Getac Tablets to be utilized by Placerville Police Department. The Approval Authority also approved the reimbursement of $4,500 to the EID for the purchase of satellite phones for use when working in remote areas of the County. Other projects approved by the Approval Authority needed to be modified and other projects were delayed therefore we have requested and have been granted an extension of the performance period of the 2018 Homeland Grant. Homeland Security Grants normally have a three year performance period. Our 2018 Homeland Grant extension request was approved in March of 2021 and will extend the grant performance period to May of 2022( the initial performance period would have ended in May of 2021). Covid-19 was a factor in delaying projects that involved training which lead to the extension request. Additionally, EID held off initially on buying satellite phones because they believed...
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