DATE: October 17, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Margaret Mims, Sheriff-Coroner
SUBJECT: Purchase of Homeland Security Equipment for the Installation
of the Video Infrastructure Protection Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2017-18 appropriations and estimated revenues for Sheriff-Coroner Org 3111 in the amount of $391,739 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost (NCC) associated with the recommended action, which will increase FY 2017-18 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Homeland Security Protection program. These funds were budgeted in the prior year; however, the project was not completed and the grant revenues were not accrued, therefore they are being re-budgeted.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Non-approval of the recommended action will result in the loss of the grant funds authorized for this project and impact the ability to expand security to critical locations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with this action. The Sheriff-Coroner’s Office was awarded grant funds of $68,254 in 2014, $105,000 in 2015, and $218,485 in 2016 from the State Homeland Security Protection (SHSP) program in order to provide additional visual/video security to specified locations throughout Fresno County. Total costs for the purchase of additional equipment and services will be funded by SHSP. Approval of the recommended resolution will increase appropriations and estimated revenues in the FY 2017-18 Sheriff-Coroner Org 3111 budget in the amount of $391,739 using grant funds from the SHSP program to purchase additional equipment and services.
DISCUSSION:
In the spring of 2005, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the availability of grant funding specifically through the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP), and the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP). These funds are authorized to purchase equipment to protect and secure areas surrounding critical infrastructure and key resource sites such as chemical facilities, dams, and nuclear plants across the country. The grants provide targeted funding through states to local jurisdictions to purchase equipment that will extend the zone of protection beyond the gates of these critical facilities. The intent of each grant program is to assist and encourage local government agencies to work with the nation’s prevention, preparedness, and response community and the private sector in a national effort to combat terrorism and secure our homeland.
This project is an ongoing endeavor to provide security for identified critical infrastructure sites within the County. The initial project provides an electronic video backbone that allows the video cameras to transmit video to Headquarters where department members can control and record the activity. Several cameras have been installed, however, there are numerous sites that still need cameras and other equipment installed. Sheriff-Coroner’s operations staff has identified those numerous sites as needing further protection and requiring installation of new equipment and cameras. These sites meet the requirements of the funding source. This ongoing project will require several more pieces of equipment, some unique to the sites but generally to include cameras, cabling (electrical and video), switches, mesh radios, antennas, conduit, monitors, work stations, video management software, solar power equipment, repeaters, encoders, engineering, installation, and system maintenance.
RFERENCE MATERIAL:
BAI # 23, February 28, 2017
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
On file with Clerk - Resolution
CAO ANALYST:
Jeannie Z. Figueroa