TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: December 4, 2018
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Thomas D. Allman
PHONE:
463-4085
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Purchase of a 1987 Tucker Search and Rescue Snow Tractor Vehicle and 2007 Utility Flatbed Trailer for an Amount of up to $57,000; Add the Equipment to the County's List of Fixed Assets; Approval of Budget Transfer from Commet State Asset Seizure 2110-760203 and Associated Appropriation Increase to Fund 1100 Budget SO- 2310, 823310 Asset Forfeiture in the Amount of $57,000 and Increase Fund 1100 Budget SO-2310, 864370 Equipment EUP
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve purchase of a 1987 Tucker search and rescue snow tractor vehicle and 2007 utility flatbed trailer for an amount of up to $57,000; add the equipment to the County's list of fixed assets; approval of budget transfer from Commet State Asset Seizure 2110-760203 and associated appropriation increase to fund 1100 Budget SO-2310, 823310 Asset Forfeiture in the amount of $57,000 and increase fund 1100 Budget SO-2310, 864370 Equipment EUP.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
January 24, 2017, item 4i.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Often during the winter and in the higher recreation areas in the mountains of Mendocino County we receive significant snow fall. Residents visit the recreation areas and sometimes become stuck in the snow on roadways and off road trails. Search and rescue can be called out as well as deputies to conduct searches and rescues of residents. Mendocino County has many areas that are located in the wilderness at higher altitudes, not easily accessed and can lack communication capabilities. It is critical for rescuers to have proper rescue equipment in these occasions both for staff safety and the safety of the public in need of a rescue. We must be diligent and careful to not create a worse situation by sending staff into a ...
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