| Item Title: | SO - Emergency Management Unit FY 2019 Homeland Security Grant |
| Submitted By: | Armando Alvarez, Deputy, El Paso County Sheriff's Office (915) 838-3273 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Unit to submit the Homeland Security grant application funded by the Office of the Governor in the amount of $235,085 from August 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. No County match is required. |
| Background: | The Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Unit has successfully been awarded the Interoperable Communications Grant for the past four years. The funding has all been used to purchase P25 radios for all their officers.
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| Fiscal Impact: | Grant Amount - $235,085
Match - None
An account will be set up if grant is awarded and approved by the County Commissioners Court. |
| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Unit to submit the Homeland Security grant application funded by the Office of the Governor in the amount of $235,085 from August 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. No County match is required. |
| Prior Action: | Grant Award - 2018-0797; 11/19/2018; Item #14; $210,085
Grant Award - 2017-0708; 10/31/2017 item #8; $210,085
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