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 (BSEE-24) Grant - FY 2024/25 #C24L0615
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
A) Adopt a Resolution authorizing Eddie Engram, Sheriff-Coroner, to execute the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways, Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment Grant Agreement (BSEE-24) Grant # C24L0615 and all related documents, for a grant award amount not to exceed $138,715 for FY 24/25. The grant award will allow the Marine Unit to purchase equipment 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 2024-2025 Adopted Budget, increasing expenditure appropriations and offsetting BSEE-24 grant revenue from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways in the amount of $138,715.
(4/5 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 $138,715 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) Safe boat collars ($55,040) and two (2) sets of Safe boat windows and doors ($83,675). This equipment replaces failing equipment on primary boats utilized by the Marine unit on Sonoma County waterways. These grant items must be purchased, received, and installed prior to the end of the grant performance period on September 30, 2025. Once the grant documents are executed, the Sheriff’s Office will proceed with procurement in accordance with the grant’s guidelines and County procurement policies.
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 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 2024, the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit applied for an equipment grant and was notified in September 2024 that the Division of Boating and Waterways had awarded the Sheriff’s Office $138,715 to purchase: two (2) Safe boat collars ($55,040) and two (2) sets of Safe boat windows and doors ($83,675) to restore the Marine Unit’s ability to provide boating safety, law enforcement services, and search and rescue activities on County waterways.
These grant funds will be utilized to replace the two failing collars and the failing windows and doors on the Safe boats in the Marine Unit fleet. 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-Coroner will execute the award documents and immediately direct the Marine Unit to purchase equipment and services needed within 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 $138,715.
Strategic Plan:
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Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
Multiple prior equipment grants from the Division of Boating and Waterways have been approved by the Board: November 2023 ($24,500), December 2022 ($88,388), 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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FY24-25 Adopted |
FY25-26 Projected |
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Additional Appropriation Requested |
$138,715 |
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Total Expenditures |
$138,715 |
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State/Federal |
$138,715 |
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Total Sources |
$138,715 |
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
No matching funds are required for the Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment (BSEE-24) Grant. The Sheriff’s Office will be reimbursed up to $138,715 for its related purchases. The accompanying Resolution requests appropriations and offsetting Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment (BSEE-24) Grant revenue. These are one-time expenditures that will be 100% grant revenue funded. Any future maintenance and support costs will be covered by the annual 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 #C24L0615 and related documents.
2. Resolution authorizing budgetary adjustments to the FY 24-25 Sheriff’s Office budget for the Boating Safety and Enforcement Equipment (BSEE-24) Grant revenue and expenditures.
3. Copy of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways BSEE-24 Grant Agreement #C24L0615.32
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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