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Probation Department (Probation) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer adjusting Probation’s budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23 to increase Operating Transfer Out by $55,000 from Juvenile Justice Special Revenue Fund (SRF) with an Operating Transfer In from Juvenile Treatment Center with an offsetting expenditure increase to Fixed Assets-Computer System Equipment, in the amount of $55,000, for the purchase of a new Key Management System and Security Cameras for the South Lake Tahoe Juvenile Treatment Center;
2) Approve the addition of one (1) Key Management System to the Probation Department’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Fixed Asset List at $25,000: and
3) Approve the addition of a new Security Camera System to the Probation Department’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Fixed Asset List at $30,000.00. (4/5 vote required to approve the budget amendment.)
FUNDING: Juvenile Justice Funding (100%) that was received for County Operated Juvenile Facilities that was deposited into the Juvenile Re-Entry SRF.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 20, 2022 (Item 22-1693, Agenda #33), the Board of Supervisors directed staff to pursue utilizing the $9.6 million grant for use at the South Lake Tahoe Juvenile Treatment Center (JTC) and discontinue the preparation of architectural and design drawings for the new Placerville Juvenile Hall (JH).
The key management system at the JTC is in need of replacement. Key boxes provide a quick and easy method of issuing and controlling keys in a facility. The security camera system at the JTC is also failing. The Probation Department (Probation) had put off replacing these two projects in the anticipation of a new facility in Placerville. With that no longer a possibility, Probation is moving forward to have these two projects completed this Fiscal Year, as it is a security and Safety issue for staff and youth.
Since the County’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget was approved on September 27, 2022 (Item 22...
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