DATE: March 1, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Purchase of Specialized Emergency Vehicle
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Clerk to the Board to execute Budget Transfer No. 26 ($55,000) transferring appropriations within the Department of Public Health Org 5620.
2. Adopt resolution increasing FY 2015-16 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Internal Service Department - Fleet Services-Equipment Org 8911 in the amount of $55,000 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
The first recommended action, with your Board's approval, will allow for the transfer of existing appropriations within the Department of Public Health Organization 5620 so that it can be subsequently transferred to the Internal Service Department - Fleet Services-Equipment Org 8911 ($55,000). The second recommended action will allow the Internal Service Department - Fleet Services to purchase a specialized emergency response vehicle for the County Office of Emergency Services (County OES). The vehicle will be funded with Federal Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security grant funds, with no net County cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(s):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, County OES staff would utilize existing Department vehicles assigned to other programs or private vehicles when reporting to incident sites of local emergencies and disasters. The Department would reallocate Homeland Security grant funds to other related duties or forfeit the monies back to the State.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in net County cost associated with the recommended actions. Recommended Budget Transfer No. 26 transfers existing FY 2015-16 appropriations within the Department of Public Health Org 5620 so that it can be transferred to the Fleet Services - Equipment Org 8911 to purchase a specialized e...
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