To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of Subrecipient Allocation and Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-21 Community Power Resiliency (CPR) Funding budget unit 1100-221803 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Retroactively approve authorization for Sheriff Honsal to sign and accept the Subrecipient Allocation for CPR Funding as of October 13, 2020 (Attachment 1);
2. Approve the supplemental budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 for CPR Funding (Attachment 2) (4/5 vote required); and
3. Delegate authority to the Auditor-Controller's Office and County Administrator's Office (CAO) to approve budget transfer requests to create fixed assets for the CPR Funding budget unit 1100-221803 up to $50,000.00 for equipment and up to $100,000.00 for building improvements that meet the eligibility criteria for the CPR Funding as outlined in the Notification (see attachment 1).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
DISCUSSION:
In an ongoing effort to prepare California communities for power outage events, Cal OES has approved an allocation in the amount of $192,456 to the County of Humboldt as part of the FY 2020-21 Community Power Resiliency budget. At least fifty percent $96,228 of the award amount must be utilized to support one or more of the resiliency areas: schools, election offices, food storage reserves, and/or COVID-19 testing sites. The Sheriff will partner with the Humboldt County Office of Education to determine the best use of the $96,228 for school resiliency and the other $96,228 will be used to improve county infrastructure to prepare and respond to power outage events.
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) has received the funding and is responsible for managing the expenditures and reporting back to the state. HCSO is requesting a supplemental budget for the funding. HCSO ...
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