DEPARTMENT: Sheriff
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement Between City Of Eagan And Dakota County For Administration And Distribution Of Violent Crime Enforcement Teams Grant
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) between the City of Eagan and Dakota County for the administration and distribution of Violent Crime Enforcement Teams (VCET) Grant awarded to the Dakota County Drug Task Force (DCDTF).
SUMMARY
The DCDTF is established by a 2001 JPA entered into by the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Savage and the County pursuant to Minn. Stat. §471.59. The City of Eagan (City) serves as the fiscal agent for the DCDTF and receives the State VCET grant funds on behalf of the DCDTF. The DCDTF annually assigns $40,000 of the VCET grant funds received for a dedicated gang investigator. The Sheriff’s Office currently dedicates one investigator to the DCDTF for the purpose of gang investigation. The Sheriff’s Office and DCDTF, through the City of Eagan as its fiscal agent, desire to execute an agreement to account for the VCET grant funds for 2022-2023.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends executing a JPA with the City for the distribution of 2022-2023 VCET grant funds to the Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $40,000 annually.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
The grant funds received will partially offset the net County cost of a Sheriff’s Office investigator as part of the Sheriff’s Office adopted 2022 budget. The 2023 grant award will be included in the County Manager’s 2023 Recommended Budget.
☐ None ☒ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Dakota County Drug Task Force (DCDTF) is established by a 2001 joint powers agreement entered into by the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Savage and the County pursuant to Minn. Stat. §471.59; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eagan (City) serves as the fiscal agent for the DCDTF; and
WHEREAS, the DCDTF applied for and was awarded Violent Crime Enforcement Teams (VCET) funds; and
WHEREAS, the City receives the VCET funds as fiscal agent for the DCDTF; and
WHEREAS, the DCDTF annually assigns $40,000 of the VCET funds received for a dedicated gang investigator through the Sheriff’s Office; and
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office currently assigns one investigator to the DCDTF for the purpose of gang investigation; and
WHEREAS, the CAO and DCDTF, through the City as its fiscal agent, desire execute a joint powers agreement for the distribution of VCET grant funds 2022-2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Sheriff’s Office to execute a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan, subject to approval of the County Attorney’s Office as to form, to receive Violent Crime Enforcement Teams grant funds for 2022-2023 to pay a portion of the salary and benefits for a gang investigator assigned to the Dakota County Drug Task Force.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
None.
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