DATE: May 23, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Mobile Probation Service Center Grant Application/Agreement
and Vehicles Purchase
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve, authorize, and ratify the Chief Probation Officer's previous submittal of a grant application to the Board of State and Community Corrections for the Mobile Probation Service Centers Grant Program, effective May 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 ($470,000), including execution of a required Certification of Compliance with BSCC Policies on Debarment, Fraud, Theft and Embezzlement;
2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chairman to execute the retroactive grant Agreement and any extensions or amendments thereto with Board of State and County Corrections for the Mobile Probation Service Centers Grant Agreement, subject to review and approval as to legal form by County Counsel, and as to accounting form by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, total not to exceed $470,000; and
3. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2022-23 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Probation Department Org 34322000 in the amount of $470,000 for the purchase of two new vehicles and necessary equipment and supplies for the Mobile Probation Service Center (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with these actions. To meet the grant filing deadline, the Grant Application was previously submitted by the Probation Department, contingent upon your Board's approval. The recommended agreement will provide funding to purchase two vehicles, equipment, supplies telecommunications, and other technology needed to operate mobile probation service centers to assist probationers, particularly those individuals who are unhoused and struggling with meeting probation requirements. Approval of the recommended actions will authorize previous submittal of the grant application, execution of the Grant Agreement, a...
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