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TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Jim Chandler, County Administrator i^°"" River c° Approved Oate Admin. 7 _. c FROM: Doug Wrightxirector Legal ,- 1 Emergency Services Budget = -� DATE: March 6, 1994 Deft. 3-1 _q Rlak-- SUBJECT: Amendment of Agenda Item entitled "Approval of Base Grant Agreement from the Emergency Management, Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund Contract Number 94 -EO -4M-10-40-01-031 Staff attended a Base Grant Workshop in West Palm Beach on Thursday, March 3, 1994, to receive additional information regarding the new rules which were promulgated (9G-18) as a result of the new legislation. Staff was informed at the Workshop that contrary to language included in the Agreement, the Base Grant is not a matching grant. The state officials stated the language would be changed in the Agreement next year. It was noted in the agenda item before the Commission today that the grant was a matching grant and it needed to be clarified for the record. Staff also was informed that if Emergency Management did not have an Emergency Operations Center that was open twenty-four hours a day, the new satellite communications computer equipment would be a remote in a location where it could be monitored for emergency communications when the EOC was not staffed. Therefore, staff recommends that the Board approve $2,500 out of the balance of the Trust Fund Grant for the purchase of computer equipment to remote the satellite system. Staff would place the remote system at the E911 Center at the Sheriff's Office although the equipment would remain the property of the Department of Emergency Services. If Board approval is granted, the personnel and equipment expenses from the $70,424 grant would total $62,750 in lieu of $60,250 as noted in the agenda item. The unallocated balance of the grant would change from $10,174 to $7,674. Staff was also informed that the law and rules do not provide for any carry over of the grant funds to the next fiscal year. Therefore, any unused grant funds not expended by the County will have to be returned and allocated to other counties. Staff intends to expend the entire grant amount on equipment or. projects that will improve and expand the Emergency Management program throughout the county. Emergency Services Director Doug Wright reported that he attended a workshop regarding this grant in West Palm Beach the day after he submitted this item for today's agenda. He clarified that this is a recurring grant and no matching funds are required from the County, and if funding ceases in the future the position will be eliminated. 53 MAR 81994 BOOK 91