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Adopt a resolution approving participation in the 2018 Homeland Security Grant Program for the period September 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021 and authorizing the Sheriff or his designee to take actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining grant funding; Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) for FY2018/19 for $511,292 to recognize the unanticipated grant revenue (4/5 vote required); Approve $213,575 to purchase equipment, training, and protective gear; Approve fixed assets purchases of $272,153 to purchase a DNA sequencer for the County Public Health Lab and additional interoperable radio communications equipment; and Authorize the Sheriff or his designees to execute any service contracts and subsequent amendments necessary to fulfill the County's responsibility under the 2018 HSGP Expenditure Plan and which remain within budgeted appropriations
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt a resolution approving participation in the 2018 Homeland Security Grant Program for the period September 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021 and authorizing the Sheriff or his designee to take actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining grant funding;
2. Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) for FY2018/19 for $511,292 to recognize the unanticipated grant revenue (4/5 vote required);
3. Approve $213,575 to purchase equipment, training, and protective gear;
4. Approve fixed assets purchases totaling $272,153 to purchase a DNA sequencer for the County Public Health Lab and additional interoperable radio communications equipment; and
5. Authorize the Sheriff or his designees to execute any service contracts and subsequent amendments necessary to fulfill the County's responsibility under the 2018 HSGP Expenditure Plan and which remain within budgeted appropriations.
SUMMARY
On May 24, 2018, the State o...
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