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Calaveras board directs staff to plan transition of Office of Emergency Services to sheriff’s office
Summary
Citing repeated grant reporting problems and a potential $13 million federal deobligation related to the Butte fire closeout, Calaveras County supervisors voted 5–0 to direct staff to develop a plan to transition emergency response functions from county administration to the sheriff’s office while retaining preparedness and mitigation in county administration.
Calaveras County supervisors on Jan. 27 directed county staff to develop a plan to move emergency response functions of the Office of Emergency Services to the sheriff’s office, citing repeated grant‑management problems and risk to the county’s general fund.
County Executive Officer Teresa Hitchcock told the board that OES has had five directors in eight years, a staffing level of two full‑time equivalents and ‘‘years of inadequate reporting and poor record keeping’’ that could result in up to $13 million in deobligated federal funds tied to the Butte fire closeout. ‘‘That is not a theoretical number. That is a real documented…
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