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 fu...
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