To: Board of Supervisors
From: Agricultural Commissioner
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Supplemental Budget Request for Budget Unit 1100261 and Establish Fixed Asset Account in Fiscal Year (FY 2020-21) for Purchase of Weights & Measures Inspection Test Standards, and CalCATS Timekeeping and Reporting Software (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize transfer of $25,000 from the Deferred Maintenance Trust Fund (No. 3464) and approve the supplemental budget request (Attachment I) in fund 1100, budget unit 261, Agricultural Commissioner (4/5 vote required);
2. Establish Fixed Asset Line 8986 in the amount of $49,596 for the purchase of a volumetric prover; and
3. Grant the Agricultural Commissioner's Office an exemption from the expenditure requirements in the Deferred Maintenance Fund Policy.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) County Unclaimed Gas Tax Allocation, Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Cannabis Pesticide Use Enforcement Compliance Inspection Reimbursements and Deferred Maintenance Funds; Deferred Maintenance Trust Fund; Agricultural Commissioner's Office (1100-261).
DISCUSSION:
Weights & Measures Test Standards:
The Sealer of Weights & Measures is locally responsible for enforcement of state law as it pertains to the regulation of weights and measures and serves all consumers as the sole local regulatory agency authorized to enforce state laws intended to ensure fairness and equity in commercial transactions. Local administration of weights and measures is established in the California Business and Professions Code and authorizes counties by ordinance (Humboldt County Ordinance 2408) to charge an annual registration fee, and recover costs associated with inspecting or testing weighing and measuring devices as required of the County Sealer of Weights & Measures. Inspections of commercial weighing and m...
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