To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Establish a Fixed Asset Line for Budget Unit 1100-221960 Proposition (Prop) 64 Grant and Approve Appropriation Transfer and Supplemental Budget (4/5th Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve an appropriation transfer (Attachment 1) to establish the fixed asset line in fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 for the Proposition 64 Grant to purchase a surveillance drone system; and
2. Approve a supplemental budget (Attachment 2) for the same fixed asset line in fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 for the Prop 64 Grant to purchase the surveillance drone system.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Prop 64 Grant 1100-221960
DISCUSSION:
In 2020, the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) first began making grant funding available in periodic phased funding groups called cohorts to local governments to assist with law enforcement, fire protection, or other local programs addressing public health and safety associated with the implementation of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) was one of ten jurisdictions receiving first cohort grant funding in 2020, of $1 million over a three-year grant period from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2023.
HSCO is submitting a request to modify the grant budget that would reallocate $33,000 of the remaining grant funds to Equipment/Fixed Assets to purchase the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), computer-aided systems for real-time drone footage viewing in remote locations, mapping software for large-scale terrestrial dataset processing and analysis used for evidentiary purposes.
This is possible because of unexpended funding within the BSCC Proposition 64 Grant, Cohort 1. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the HCSO from hiring a qualified Community Service Officer (CSO) during ...
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