To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Supplemental Budget for FY 2023-24 for Sheriff's Budget Unit 1100-221955 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a supplemental budget and establish a fixed asset in the amount of $58,600 for the Sheriff's NorCal Coalition to Safeguard Communities budget (1100-221955) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 (Attachment 1) (4/5 Vote Required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Center to Combat Human Trafficking Funding (1100-221955)
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) has partnered with the Center to Combat Human Trafficking (Center) and the Sheriff's Offices in Butte, Lake, Mendocino, and Trinity counties to establish the Northern California Coalition to Safeguard Communities (Coalition). The Center recognizes that law enforcement agencies in Northern California do not have adequate financial resources to independently address the breadth and depth of criminal activity by Drug Trafficking Organizations. The Center is providing the financial and technical support needed to support this Coalition.
For FY2023-24, the Center has provided HCSO funding for one Forensic Specialist along with a leased vehicle and cellphone for use by the Forensic Specialist. The Coalition has provided needed equipment in prior fiscal years. It has been identified that HCSO is in need of an excavator to assist with the Coalition operations. The excavator will be used for marijuana destruction during search warrants and also destruction of marijuana deemed by the courts to be destroyed. The large amounts of chemicals and illegal pesticides that are on the marijuana plants are becoming a safety/health risk to the deputies that are tasked with destroying the plants with manual labor. By using the excavator to bury the plants on scene it removes the contact with the chemicals/pesticides by personnel. It also re...
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