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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~ ~ 5 <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Grant Allocation from the Department of Homeland Security <br />State Homeland Security Grant Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Grant Award Notification <br />NCEM Memorandum of Agreement <br />Annex A, Reimbursement Acceptance <br />Form <br />Annex B, Designated Agent Form and <br />Point of Contact Form <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve acceptance of a State pass-through grant allocation of federal <br />Homeland Security funds in the amount of $121,625 to reimburse Orange County for the <br />purchase of equipment, costs of exercises, and training costs associated with homeland <br />security activities of the County, its municipalities, and the University. <br />BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the <br />State of North Carolina funding for equipment, exercises, and training through the FY 2003 <br />State Homeland Security Grant Program. The program is designed to improve domestic <br />preparedness through the purchase of equipment for first responders, and providing funding for <br />training exercises and training classes. Federal funding is allocated in accordance with a DHS <br />formula of 80% for local government use and 20% for state use. <br />Orange County's allocation from the State of North Carolina for 2003 is $121,625 and did not <br />require the County to submit a grant application. The accompanying Memorandum of <br />Agreement between the County and North Carolina Emergency Management expresses the <br />conditions for the grant funding. <br />Orange County staff facilitated meetings to determine the needs of response agencies within <br />the County. Participants in the meetings have included representatives from Chapel Hill fire <br />and police, Carrboro fire and police, UNC Public Safety, Hillsborough Police, Orange County <br />Sheriff, Orange County Public Health, and Orange County Emergency Management. These <br />members have begun developing purchase requests for their respective disciplines with the <br />concept that whatever is ultimately purchased may be used by any agency in the County. A <br />