DEPARTMENT: Office Of Risk Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract With Minnesota Department Of Public Safety For 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Homeland Security Grant And Amend 2025 Office Of Risk Management Budget
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the execution of a contract with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Homeland Security Grant funding and amend the 2025 Office of Risk Management Budget.
SUMMARY
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has awarded $367,551 of Homeland Security Grant funding to Dakota County under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) of the Federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The period of the grant is from January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
The spending plan for this grant includes planning, training, exercises, and equipment identified by Dakota County Emergency Management in collaboration with internal and external county partners to proactively prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from all types of hazards and disasters to build a more resilient community.
Equipment projects continue to fund 800 MHz radios, maintaining the County emergency operations center (EOC) equipment and software, and equipment to support first responder agencies and the Dakota County Special Operations Team (SOT). Funding for training and exercise projects focus on preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery to include multi-jurisdictional, all-hazard, and incident-specific scenarios. Examples of training and exercises include first responder training, EOC Operations, incident command and EOC interface, and response coordination between the County EOC and city EOCs. Planning projects include updating emergency management plans, supporting the Dakota County IT department to meet Cybersecurity initiatives and supporting information and intelligence collaboration between the Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Fusion Center.
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