To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Budget Amendment for Repair of STARR I Helicopter Turbine
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE Budget Amendment No. BDA-25-00009, authorizing new revenue in the amount of $180,000 from Fund 105600 (CO Law Enf Cap Proj) Org 0131 and appropriating it to SO Marine Patrol 100300 (GF) Org 2507 for the repair of the SO STARR I Helicopter turbine.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action increases revenues and appropriations by $180,000 and is funded 100% by Fund 105600 (Co Law Enf Cap Project).
BACKGROUND:
The mission of the Air Support Unit (ASU) is to enhance the ability of Sheriff's Patrol and Marine Patrol deputies to protect the lives and property of the community. This mission is accomplished by preventing and detecting crime, providing aerial support to locate and assist in the apprehension of wanted persons, infrastructure protection, and conducting search and rescue missions on land and water. Most importantly, these missions are always conducted safely, efficiently, and effectively.
The Air Support Unit fleet currently consists of two rotary-wing aircraft:
* STARR I, a 1996 Bell 407 helicopter
* STARR III, a 2014 Bell 407GX helicopter
Each Office of the Sheriff's helicopter has mandatory maintenance approximately every 2,500 flight hours. This maintenance is completed prior to the actual 2,500 flight hour mark. The ASU's current operational flight plan is to fly approximately 3 hours a shift, totaling 12 hours a week, 48 hours a month.
The Office of the Sheriff's helicopter, STARR I, needs a turbine repair. The turbine repair was unpredicted in the scheduling of services for the helicopter and not accounted for in the Air Support Budget.
Without repair, STARR I is not operational, which limits the overall mission of the Air Support Unit. Although STARR III is operational, there are scheduled maintenances which will requ...
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