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Sheriff's Department recommending the Board approve and authorize the Sheriff to sign Memorandum of Understanding 523-M1011 with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department for the term March 1, 2010 through September 30, 2012 in support of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department's program "Avoid the Six," a cooperative effort to reduce alcohol related injury and fatal traffic collisions in El Dorado County.
FUNDING: South Lake Tahoe Police Department, State of California Office of Traffic Safety Grant No. AL10120.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $5,400
Funding
Budgeted $5,400
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $5,400
Change To Net County Cost $-0-
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: No fiscal impact or change to Net County Cost
Background:
The City of South Lake Tahoe has been awarded a grant (#AL10120) from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety, to enable the South Lake Tahoe Police Department to serve as host agency for a Regional DUI effort in El Dorado County to reduce alcohol-involved fatalities and injuries and raise general public awareness regarding the problems associated with drinking and driving.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Sheriff's Department is requesting authorization from the Board of Supervisors for the Sheriff to sign the participating agency MOU #523-M1011. This MOU details the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the County of El Dorado Sheriff Department's cooperative efforts to reduce alcohol related injury and fatal traffic collisions in El Dorado County.
Budgeted grant activities will be conducted by Sheriff's personnel on an overtime basis; overtime hours and related expenses will be reimbursed under grant #AL10120 and MOU,#523-M1011. Grant funds can not be used to supplant existing services. Therefore only hours spent in excess of regular working hours can be funded with this grant.
The term of the pr...
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