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HEARING - Sheriff's Office recommending the Board consider a budget revision and take the following actions relative to the purchase of essential Fixed Asset items:
1) Hold a public hearing to use $41,809 of Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) County Jail Operation funding to purchase the Fixed Asset items identified in Attachment I which are essential to jail operations.
2) Hold a public hearing to use $142,255 of COPS Front Line Law Enforcement funding to purchase the Fixed Asset items identified in Attachment II which are essential to front line law enforcement operations.
3) Approve a budget transfer transferring total amount of $184,064 from the COPS County Jail Operation and COPS Front Line Law Enforcement special revenue funds to the Sheriff's Fiscal Year 2011/12 operating budget. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Local Safety and Protection Account (LSPA).
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $184,064
Funding
Budgeted $
New Funding $184,064
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $184,064
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:The attached budget transfer will allocate the available funding within the Sheriff's budget for front line alaw enforcement and jail operations. There is no change to net county cost.
Background: Pursuant to current law, the State Controller is required to allocate the COPS funds to each county that has established a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (SLESF) in accordance with Section 30061 of the Government Code. Since its inception, the funding distribution for this program was based on the population of the County and each fiscal year was a predictable amount. In the 4th Quarter of FY 2008/09, the State changed the funding stream for this program to Vehicle License Fees (VLF), and as a result, it is difficult to predict the actual amount of funding that will be available each fiscal year. In add...
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