DEPARTMENT: Sheriff
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Extend Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Eagan For Distribution Of High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Grant Funding
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize Dakota County to execute a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Eagan for distribution of High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Grant funding January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026 or until the 2025 Grant funds are exhausted, whichever occurs first.
SUMMARY
In 2017, Dakota County was identified as a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) and has been awarded federal Grant funding each year to combat drug trafficking in cooperation with five metro area drug task forces. The Office of National Drug Control Policy awarded Dakota County 2025 HIDTA funding in the amount of $61,842.00. The Grant funding from HIDTA includes operational and analytical support at the Dakota County Drug Task Force (DCDTF). The 2025 funding will be combined with remaining 2024 grant monies in the amount of $32,709.00 to fund the current Dakota County Sheriff's Office full-time crime analyst in the sum of up to $94,551.00 for 2025. The County will be reimbursed from the Grant for increased expenses which exceed the $61,842 as authorized by the HIDTA Board during the term of this agreement. Acceptance of the Grant funding to add and support the full-time crime analyst was requested and approved by Resolution No. 17-173 (March 21, 2017).
The HIDTA crime analyst is a Dakota County employee and works through the DCDTF. Because the award recipient for HIDTA is the City of Eagan who assumes the administrative and financial responsibilities of the Grant, a JPA with the City of Eagan must be executed to allow for disbursal of HIDTA Grant funds to the Sheriff's Office.
RECOMMENDATION
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Authorize the Sheriff to execute a JPA with the City of Eagan to allow for disbursement of federal HIDTA grant funding to the Sheriff's Office full-time crime analyst assigned to the DCDTF.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
Acceptance of the grant funding and addition of one grant funded employee was approved by Resolution No. 17-173 (March 21, 2017). HIDTA funds supporting the Sheriff's Office crime analyst wages and benefits is included in the Sheriff's 2025 budget and will be included in the Sheriff's Office 2026 County Manager's Recommended Budget.
☐ None ☒ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County has been identified as a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) and through that designation, became recipients of federal grant funding for investigation of narcotics trafficking offenses; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of that grant funding and the addition of a grant funded crime analyst position was approved by Resolution No. 17-173 (March 21, 2017); and
WHEREAS, the Grant funds the assigned Sheriff's Office crime analyst who supports the Dakota County Drug Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eagan is the fiscal agent for the Dakota County Drug Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the County must enter into a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan to allow the City to disburse HIDTA grant funding to the County through December 31, 2026 or until the Grant funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Sheriff is hereby authorized to execute a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan to allow the City (as the Dakota County Drug Task Force fiscal agency) to disburse High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area grant funding to the County through December 31, 2026 or until the Grant funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
21-383; 07/20/21
23-228; 05/23/23
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Joint Powers Agreement with Eagan
BOARD GOALS
☐ Thriving People ☐ A Healthy Environment with Quality Natural Resources
☐ A Successful Place for Business and Jobs ☒ Excellence in Public Service
CONTACT
Department Head: Joe Leko
Author: Nina Langer