HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07072015 - C.78RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to apply for and accept the U.S. Department of
Justice, FY 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in an amount not to exceed $184,733 for
support of countywide law enforcement programming for the period October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$184,733, 100% Federal; No County match required. County portion is $33,433; $16,717 to the Sheriff-Coroner,
$16,716 to the District Attorney. County will also receive 5% of city allocations for serving as the fiscal agent for the
County. (CFDA 16.738)
BACKGROUND:
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary provider of federal criminal
justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG FY2015 Grant is a formula grant with emphasis on assisting
local efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence. The eligible jurisdictions within Contra Costa County have a
scheduled allocation totaling $184,733 with $33,433 allocated to the County. The $33,433 county allocation will be
equally shared
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/07/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jody Sicheneder
925-335-1549
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: July 7, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: Timothy Ewell, Elizabeth Arbuckle, Mary Jane Robb, Jody Sicheneder
C. 78
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:July 7, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Apply for and Accept a 2015 Justice Assistance Grant
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
among the Office of the Sheriff and the District Attorney's Office.
Established to streamline justice funding and grant administration, the JAG Program allows states, tribes, and local
governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and
conditions. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) calculates a minimum base allocation for each state. Once the state
funding is calculated, 60 percent of the allocation is awarded to the state and 40 percent to eligible units of local
government. Local governments are awarded amounts based on their share of the total violent crime reported within
the state.
Based on a formula allocation, Contra Costa County has been designated as a disparate jurisdiction because a city
within the county is scheduled to receive 150% more than the county, while the county bears more than 50% of the
costs associated with the prosecution and incarceration of that city's Part 1 violent crime. Jurisdictions certified as
disparate must identify a fiscal agent that will submit a joint application for the total eligible allocation. The Office of
the Sheriff has been designated as the fiscal agent for this grant and will manage and oversee the distribution of the
funds for all participating agencies within the county. As Fiscal Agent, the Office of the Sheriff will receive up to 5%
($7,565) of the pass through of the grant allocation (5% from each jurisdictions' allocation) to cover management and
administration of the grant, to include personnel and operational costs directly related to grant management.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Sheriff's Office will be unable to apply for and accept the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.