NS Grant - Acceptance of 2006 Department of Homeland Security Grant Funding

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 14, 2006 Action Agenda Item No._ SUBJECT: Acceptance of 2006 Department of Homeland Security Grant Funding DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 9/27/06 Notification Letter INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent McKenzie, 968 -2050 Rod Visser, 245 -2300 PURPOSE: To accept $29,606.40 in Homeland Security funds for the purchase of 800MHz radios identified as needed for various Orange County public safety and volunteer agencies, with the State of North Carolina to purchase the radios on the County's behalf. BACKGROUND: As noted in the attached September 27, 2006 letter from NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Bryan Beatty, Orange County has been selected to receive $29,606.40 in Homeland Security funds for the purchase of 800MHz radios. The portable radios provided through the grant will further allow the County's emergency response agencies to move toward migration onto the statewide partnership 800 MHz radio system. Because portable and mobile radios make up a substantial portion of the overall cost of moving to the system, any grant funds that can be received toward the project will reduce the financial burden upon local agencies. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The County would accept $29, 606.40 for the purchase of 800MHz radios (the State of North Carolina would purchase the radios on the County's behalf). Funds are already available in the County's budget to meet the matching funds requirement associated with this grant. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1. Accept the grant funding and request that the State of North Carolina purchase the radios on the County's behalf; and 2. Authorize staff to administer and sign all grant paperwork such as may be required.