To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Sheriff’s Office
Staff Name and Phone Number: Jeff Bean, 565-2003
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant - FY 2022/23
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
A) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Sheriff-Coroner to execute the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways, Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant Agreement (BSEE-22) and all related documents, for a grant award amount not to exceed $88,388 and term ending March 31, 2024, to purchase equipment that will restore the Marine Unit’s ability to provide boating safety, law enforcement services, and search and rescue activities on the County’s waterways.
B) Adopt a Resolution adjusting the Sheriff’s Office FY 2022-2023 Adopted Budget, increasing expenditure appropriations and offsetting grant revenue from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways in the amount of $88,388. (4/5 vote)
(4/5th Vote Required)
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Executive Summary:
The Sheriff-Coroner is requesting authorization to execute a Grant Agreement and subsequent related documents for a grant award in the amount of $88,388 from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways. The grant was written and approved for the purchase of two (2) FLIR M364c units (patrol boat mounted), four (4) night vision systems, and four (4) night vision mounts. Grant items must be purchased, received, and installed prior to September 30, 2023.
Discussion:
The California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) makes grants available through its Equipment Grant Program for local government agencies to purchase boating safety and law enforcement equipment. The Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit maintains primary law enforcement jurisdiction over Sonoma County’s waterways, which includes Bodega Bay, Lake Sonoma, the Russian River, Petaluma River, Sonoma County portion of the San Pablo Bay, Gualala River, and Sonoma County coastal Pacific Ocean.
In April 2022, the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit applied for an equipment grant and was notified in September 2022 that the Division of Boating and Waterways had awarded the Sheriff’s Office $88,388 to purchase: two (2) FLIR M364c units (patrol boat mounted), four (4) night vision systems, and four (4) night vision mounts to restore the Marine Unit’s ability to provide boating safety, law enforcement services, and search and rescue activities on the County’s waterways.
These grant funds will be utilized to replace the two failed FLIR units on two boats in the Marine Unit fleet and replace four obsolete hand-held night vision systems the Unit currently possesses. This will alleviate the Sheriff’s Office need to seek additional County General Fund appropriations for this replacement equipment. Upon the Board’s authorization, the Sheriff will execute the award documents and immediately direct the Marine Unit to purchase equipment and services needed to restore functionality of two existing FLIR units aboard the two vessels and to acquire the 4 night-vision systems in accordance with the grant’s allotted time constraints.
Appropriations needed to proceed with the equipment expenditures are being requested through a budgetary resolution. The Sheriff is requesting the attached Budget Resolution be approved to appropriate expenditures and offsetting revenue from DBW in the amount of $88,388.
Strategic Plan:
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Prior Board Actions:
Multiple prior equipment grants from the Division of Boating and Waterways have been approved by the Board in October 2020 ($79,438), October 2017 ($45,744), September 2016 ($81,182; amended in January 2017, amount unchanged), April 2015 ($40,000), and October 2010 ($35,000).
Fiscal Summary
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FY 22-23 Adopted |
FY23-24 Projected |
FY 24-25 Projected |
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Additional Appropriation Requested |
$88,388 |
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Total Expenditures |
$88,388 |
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State/Federal |
$88,388 |
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Total Sources |
$88,388 |
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
No matching funds are required for the Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant. The Sheriff’s Office will be reimbursed up to $88,388 for its related purchases. The accompanying Resolution requests appropriations and offsetting Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant revenue. These are one-time expenditures that will be 100% grant revenue funded. Maintenance and support costs will be covered by the annual General Fund appropriation for Marine Unit equipment maintenance.
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Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
N/A
Attachments:
1. Resolution authorizing execution of the Division of Boating and Waterways Equipment Grant Agreement.
2. Resolution authorizing budgetary adjustments to the FY 22-23 Sheriff’s Office budget for the Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant revenue and expenditures.
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
Copy of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways BSEE-22 Grant Agreement #C22L0618