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 through December 31, 2023 or until the 2022 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 in an effort to combat drug trafficking in cooperation with five metro area drug task forces. In March 2022, the Office of National Drug Control Policy awarded Dakota County 2022 HIDTA funding in the amount of $206,275. The Grant funding from HIDTA includes operational and analytical support at the Dakota County Drug Task Force (DCDTF). It allows funding for the current Dakota County Sheriff’s Office full-time crime analyst up to $90,000 in 2022 and 2023. 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 2022 budget and will be included in the 2023 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, 2023 or until the Grant funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Sheriff is authorized to execute a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan, subject to approval as to form, to allow the City (as the Dakota County Drug Task Force fiscal agent) to disburse High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area grant funding to the County through December 31, 2023 or until the Grant funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
17-173; 3/31/17
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Joint Powers Agreement
BOARD GOALS
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEVEL
☐ Inform and Listen ☐ Discuss ☐ Involve ☒ N/A
CONTACT
Department Head: Joe Leko
Author: Joe Leko