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Caroline County staff propose moving State Homeland Security Grant purchases in-house to improve accountability
Summary
County emergency services and administration proposed shifting management of the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) from an entitlement-style allocation to a competitive application process administered by the county’s Department of Emergency Services to improve inventory tracking, audit readiness and centralized purchasing.
Deputy Administrator Daniel Fox and Mark Sheridan, director of the Department of Emergency Services (DES), briefed commissioners on Jan. 28 on a proposed change to how the county administers State Homeland Security Grant Program funds that flow to local law enforcement and municipal agencies.
Sheridan and county staff said the current formula disburses small fixed amounts (roughly $6,000 per jurisdiction in recent years) directly to agencies, producing purchases that are often idiosyncratic and difficult for county staff to track during state audits. “We are still required to report on their spending,” Sheridan said, noting the state audits require asset inventories with serial numbers…
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