To: Board of Supervisors
From: Matt Slattengren, Ag Commissioner/Weights & Measures Director
Report Title: Budget Amendment for Purchase Vehicles for Department of Agriculture/Weights& Measures
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE Budget Amendment No. BDA-24-00249 authorizing the transfer of appropriations in the amount of $146,172 from Agriculture /Weights and Measures (3305) to Public Works - ISF Fleet Services (0064) for the purchase of three (3) vehicles.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action increases revenue in Public Works - ISF Fleet Services (0064) and reduces appropriations by $146,172 out of the Agriculture Department (3305/9330). The purchase of these vehicles will be funded by State Cooperative agreement Detection Trapping #22-1694-012-SF (approximately $45,000), Device registration fees (approximately $57,000), and General Fund (approximately $45,000).
BACKGROUND:
On 02/06/2024 the Board of Supervisors approved file 24-0292, State funded Detection Trapping cooperative agreement # 22-1694-012-SF.
One vehicle is a replacement for a pest detection vehicle which has needed replacement for two years. Pest detection work is funded by a contract from CDFA (California Department of Food & Agriculture). Pest detection trucks are specially outfitted rigs with a water tank and pump to service insect traps with water in them on a weekly basis. This is a funded and mandated program that requires a properly outfitted vehicle to perform work under the contract from CDFA. Each pest detection specialist needs their own truck to perform the work.
One vehicle is for a new Weights & Measures Inspector position. That position has not been hired yet but will be funded by an increase in device registration fees. Each Weights & Measures Inspector spends more than half of their time in the field and needs a dedicated vehicle. Weights & Measures Inspectors need vans to carry the array of equipment neede...
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