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C. 25

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	February 6, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Appropriation Adjustment - Office of Traffic Safety Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/06/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Liz Arbuckle 335-1529
cc:	Heike Anderson Liz Arbuckle Tim Ewell

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 6, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE Appropriation Adjustment No.5050 authorizing new revenue in the Office of the Sheriff (0255) in the amount $210,000 from the Office of the Traffic Safety grant and appropriating it for the Sheriff's Forensic Services Unit purchase of Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Instruments.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No County costs. $210,000, 100% State funds.

BACKGROUND:

Resolution No. 2017/416 authorized the Office of the Sheriff to accept a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant will be used to purchase Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Instruments.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

These instruments will provide the Forensic Services Division with the capabilities of more comprehensive toxicological analysis and quantitation of drugs from blood samples taken from drivers suspected in DUID cases that will be provided to investigators and prosecutors. Identification and purchase of an LC-MS/MS instrument and nitrogen generator, training of staff, and development of a validation plan for method development will be conducted in this project.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Funding will not be appropriated related to the Office of Traffic Safety grant.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.