REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 25, 2025
FROM
LUTHER SNOKE, Chief Executive Officer, County Administrative Office
SUBJECT
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One-Time Procurement and Donation of Emergency Supplies to the Mt. Baldy Volunteer Fire Department
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Find that the proposed one-time donation of a Connex storage container and emergency supplies serves a significant public purpose by improving public safety and community resilience in an area identified as highly vulnerable to postfire hazards, including debris flows, flooding, and rockfall, as documented in the Bridge Post-Fire Burned Area Emergency Response Assessment Report and Watershed Emergency Response Teams Report, and the continuation of the Local Emergency Proclamations related to the Line and Bridge Fires.
2. Approve the one-time donation of a Connex storage container and emergency supplies to the Mt. Baldy Volunteer Fire Department, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to enhance emergency preparedness and disaster response capabilities in the high-risk Mt. Baldy area.
3. Approve an allocation from the 2024-25 Second District's Board of Supervisors Discretionary Fund - District Specific Priorities Program budget to the Office of Emergency Services budget for the purchase of one Connex storage container, in an amount not to exceed $4,500, as part of the one-time donation to the Mt. Baldy Volunteer Fire Department.
4. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue Purchase Orders for several associated emergency supplies, in an amount not to exceed $13,500, from the Office of Emergency Services 2024-25 budget, as outlined in the Financial Impact section.
(Presenter: Crisanta Gonzalez, Director of Emergency Management, 356-3998)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Promote the Countywide Vision.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Hea...
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