Consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Award of $504,688.00 for Amended Grant Agreement, and Budget Resolution for Public Defense Pilot Program (PDPP), as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Public Defender to execute a multi-year amended grant agreement with the BSSC for the PDPP accepting $504,688.00 for the grant agreement term of March 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026; b) Approve, ratify and authorize the Public Defender, or designee, to execute the BSSC Grant Amendment for the PDPP with the BSCC accepting $504,688.00 for the County of Santa Barbara to continue funding a Post-Conviction/Re-entry Unit, enhance data reporting, and enhance our content management system (eDefender), leading to data-driven decision making for the fifty-six-month grant project period of March 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026; c) Approve and authorize the Public Defender, or designee, to execute subsequent reports pursuant to the BSCC Grant Agreement or make immaterial amendments that do not change the total agreement amount, do not extend the term of the agreement, or change any other substantive terms of the BSCC Grant Agreement and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; d) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010202 to increase appropriations of $504,700.00 in the Public Defender General Fund for Salary and Benefits ($417,500.00) and Committed Public Defender Programs Fund Balance ($87,200.00) funded by unanticipated grant revenues from the BSCC’s PDPP; and e) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced December 9, 2024

What this record is

Amount: $505K
Runs until: December 31, 2026 121 days — goes back out to bid date quoted from the award document
Type: award
Field: Public safety

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