DATE: December 14, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Melissa Cregan, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
SUBJECT: Revenue Agreement with the Regents of the University of California for the Invasive Shot-Hole Borers Program Grant
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Revenue Agreement with the Regents of the University of California for the Invasive Shot-Hole Borers Program Grant effective upon execution by all parties through March 31, 2022 ($10,763).
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost as approval of the recommended action will allow for the County to enter into a Revenue Agreement with the Regents of the University of California to reimburse the Department's costs of trapping to detect Invasive Shot-Hole Borers (ISHB). If approved by your Board, the recommended action authorizes the Chairman to execute the proposed Agreement. Once the Revenue Agreement is executed by the Chairman and the Regents of the University of California, the documents become the final Agreement between the County and the University of California, effective upon execution by all parties. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department will not receive revenue from the Regents of the University of California for this detection program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Fresno County will receive approximately $10,763 in revenue from the Regents of the University of California to fund this program. Sufficient appropriations and revenues are included within the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget for Department of Agriculture Org 4010.
DISCUSSION:
ISHB are a group of ambrosia beetles, the species of which are visually indistinguishable from each other and can only be identified through DNA analysis. The two species of ISHB known to be present in California are the polyphagous shot-...
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