Action 14.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Attorney
- Meeting Date:
- 05/07/2024
- Title:
- Approve the City of Tucson High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Grant Agreement
- Submitted By:
- Susana Stark, County Attorney
- Department:
- County Attorney
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
3
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Brian M. McIntyre
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
County Attorney
Mandated Function?:
Federal or State Mandate
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
A.R.S. 11-532(A)(1)
You will use this Agenda Item template if your item involves a Grant (whether a new or renewal grant). You also must attach the Grant Approval Form to the item before Finance will approve it. Select the SPECIAL LINKS on your left-hand menu and Click on "Grant Approval Form". Then complete the form, save it and attach it to your item (on the Attachments tab).
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve Grant Agreement HT-24-2909 City of Tucson High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), between the City of Tucson and Cochise County, in the amount of $150,353, effective January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025.
Background:
The HIDTA Grant will fund one drug-crime Attorney III and one Legal Secretary in the Cochise County Attorney’s Office. The HIDTA Grant will allow the HIDTA prosecutor to prosecute drug crimes. By not renewing the grant, the County will lose one experienced senior prosecutor and one Legal Secretary. The County Attorney’s Office will have to reduce the number of drug crime prosecutions and asset forfeiture seizures due to a lack of manpower. If the County were to pay for these personnel out of the general fund, taxpayers would assume the added expense. The County Attorney’s Office is mandated to prosecute crimes.
This grant works in conjunction with the Southeastern Arizona Major Investigative Team (SAMIT) headed by the DEA. Accordingly, not renewing this grant would jeopardize other law enforcement drug grants such as the Byrne grant.
This grant works in conjunction with the Southeastern Arizona Major Investigative Team (SAMIT) headed by the DEA. Accordingly, not renewing this grant would jeopardize other law enforcement drug grants such as the Byrne grant.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Once approved by the Board, obtain signed agreements from the Board and Certified copies of the Board Minutes.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Reduction in drug crime prosecutors and support staff and the placement of other law enforcement drug grants in jeopardy.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Advise CAO upon Board approval. Return three (3) signed Agreements to CAO. Send a certified copy of the Board Minutes approving the agreement, as soon as it is available, to CAO.