REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
October 22, 2024
FROM
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator
SUBJECT
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Purchase of Unbudgeted Fixed Assets for the High Desert Detention Center and Central Detention Center Custodial Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve the purchase of two automatic scrubbers, for an estimated amount of $23,174, as unbudgeted fixed assets to support the Regional Occupational Program's Custodial Program at the County's detention centers.
(Presenter: Kelly Welty, Chief Deputy Director, 387-3760)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The estimated total cost for the two automatic scrubbers is $23,174 and will be funded by the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator's (Department) Inmate Welfare Trust Fund (IWF) (4420005167), as approved by the Inmate Welfare Committee on July 31, 2024. The Inmate IWF is separate from the Department's annual operating budget and, as such, expenditures related to it are not included in the County's budget. Penal Code Section 4025, subsection (e) gives the Sheriff, operating through the Inmate Welfare Committee, discretion over how funds are expended from the IWF.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Department has been partnering with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools to provide vocational training programs at the County's detention facilities, through the Regional Occupation Program (ROP). The Custodial Program (Program) is one of the programs offered through ROP.
The Program is currently available at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center and West Valley Detention Center. The Department is requesting authorization to purchase two automatic scrubbers to support an...
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