DATE: March 5, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa A. Smittcamp, District Attorney
SUBJECT: Retroactive Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program Joint Partners Application and Agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections and Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Fresno
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the District Attorney's Office's previous submittal of a multi-agency partnership application with the City of Fresno to the Board of State and Community Corrections for the Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program, effective October 1, 2023 to June 1, 2027 ($23,663,194);
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Fresno so that the County may receive Board of State and Community Corrections Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program funds from the City of Fresno, effective October 1, 2023 to June 1, 2027, total not to exceed $854,519;
3. Retroactively approve and ratify execution by District Attorney of Operational Agreement Between Fresno Police Department, Clovis Police Department, Fresno County Probation Department, and Fresno County District Attorney's Office, which establishes each party's intention to work toward the mutual goal of creating a task force to combat and prosecute Organized Retail Theft offenders ($0); and
4. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2023-24 appropriations and estimated revenue for District Attorney Org 2860 in the amount of $250,071 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associate with the recommended actions. Approval of the first recommended action would approve and authorize the retroactive Organized Retail Prevention (ORT) Grant Program multi-partnership application to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC); the City of Fresno is lead public agency. The second recommended action approves and authorizes the execution of the retroactive ...
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