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Adopt a resolution approving participation in the 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, affirming the grant expenditure plan and authorizing the Sheriff, Undersheriff, Director of Administrative Services, or Emergency Services Manager to take any actions necessary to obtain and administer this grant, and pending County Counsel concurrence, sign all grant related documents and any service contracts and subsequent amendments itemized in the grant expenditure plan; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request recognizing $213,516 in unanticipated grant revenue offset by grant expenditures to improve emergency management capabilities (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt a resolution approving participation in the 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, affirming the grant expenditure plan and authorizing the Sheriff, Undersheriff, Director of Administrative Services, or Emergency Services Manager to take any actions necessary to obtain and administer this grant, and pending County Counsel concurrence, sign all grant related documents and any service contracts and subsequent amendments itemized in the grant expenditure plan; and
2. Approve an Appropriations Transfer Request recognizing $213,516 in unanticipated grant revenue offset by grant expenditures to improve emergency management capabilities (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
On February 27, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for its 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These are federal funds allocated to states to prepare for all hazards at the state and local levels to streng...
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