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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10062009 - C.43RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to submit an application and execute a grant award agreement and any extensions or amendments thereof, pursuant to State guidelines, with the California Emergency Management Agency in an amount not to exceed $678,468 for funding of the Regional Anti-Drug Program for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. FISCAL IMPACT: $678,468 Countywide; $248,788 to the District Attorney for prosecution services, $213,128 to the Office of the Sheriff for forensic services, and $216,552 to the Probation Department for supervision services. Pursuant to State guidelines, the Program is governed by a Steering Committee composed of the District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner, County Probation Officer, and County Drug Administrator, which allocates funding among participating departments. BACKGROUND: The Regional Anti-Drug Program has been in effect fiscal year 1995/95 APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 10/06/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: 925-957-2234 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: October 6, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy cc: C.43 To:Board of Supervisors From:Robert J. Kochly, District Attorney Date:October 6, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Approval to Submit Regional Anti-Drug Program Grant Application BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) and funds three components including the District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner and County Probation Department. As in prior funding cycles, the State requires that a single application be submitted for each County; therefore, the District Attorney is submitting an application on behalf of the Contra Costa County. The program will continue to concentrate on a prioritized and integrated drug enforcement effort coordinated through State-led Narcotics Enforcement Teams operating in the County. Grant activities focus on mid and high-level narcotics dealers and manufacturers, violent and repeat offenders, and drug trafficking gangs and organizations, to interdict the importation, manufacture and distribution systems which have, in recent years, become more sophisticatd in their methods of operations. Grant Conditions require that the County accept responsibility for any liability arising out of the performance of the grant award, including civil actions for damages, and supplantation is prohibited.