TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff Oscar Ortiz, Director of Emergency Services
REPORT BY: Brieanna Jones- Emergency Services Officer
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2022-23 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution and approve appropriation authority to participate in the federally funded Fiscal Year 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant for a maximum amount of $151,952, and appropriate authority for related expenditures and identified revenue for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, to support emergency preparedness efforts. (Fiscal Impact: $151,952, General Fund 1000, Office of Emergency Services Division 13800, Not Budgeted, Discretionary)
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
The FY2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (FY23 EMPG) program plays an important role to implement the National Preparedness System. It supports efforts to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in preparing for all hazards, as authorized by Section 662 of the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (6 U.S.C. ? 762) and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. ?? 5121 et seq.). Title VI of the Stafford Act authorizes Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue grants for the purpose of providing a system of emergency preparedness for the protection of life and property in the United States from hazards and to vest responsibility for emergency preparedness jointly in the federal government and the states and their political subdivisions.
The State of California's Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), annually allocates and administers federal funds through the State's EMPG Program for the purpose of improving emergency management capabilities at the state, local and tribal levels. Cal OES has allocated to the Napa County Office of Emergency Services $151, 952 in EMPG funds, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June ...
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