DATE: November 14, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Margaret Mims, Sheriff-Coroner
SUBJECT: Retroactive Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) for Central Valley High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (CV HIDTA)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Sheriff-Coroner, on behalf of the County, to execute retroactive Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for Central Valley High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (CV HIDTA) Resource Agencies for Grant Agreement G17CV0004A effective January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Fresno County is the approved fiduciary for the CV HIDTA. Approval of the recommended action will allow the Sheriff-Coroner to execute updated MOUs with CV HIDTA Resource Agencies that incorporate new Federal policies. The MOUs will supersede and replace the MOUs previously approved by the Board on March 28, 2017. The MOUs taken to the Board on March 28, 2017 were not executed with the CV HIDTA Resource Agencies, due to new Federal policies distributed after the processing of the March 2017 agenda item.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, Fresno County will not be able to act as the fiduciary for HIDTA enforcement activities, which would hinder the Department's impact on drug trafficking.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The MOUs are retroactive due to processing time from different County Departments to incorporate new Federal policies required for implementation that were not included in the original MOUs. The new policies were distributed for implementation after the March 2017 agenda item was processed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Sheriff-Coroner's FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget Org 3111 for HIDTA activities.
DISCUSSION:
The HIDTA program, created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abu...
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