To: Board of County Commissioners
From: Christopher R. Swanson, Sheriff
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RE Approval to establish a budget for the purchase of a Search and Rescue K9, K9 vehicle upfitting, and the related K9 Training and supplies expenses that will follow. The request is to establish expense line 2651-311.00-978.000 in the amount of $41,000.00 to issue purchase orders to Northern Michigan K9 ($10,500.00) and Arrowhead Upfitters ($26,902.00); and to establish the following expense line 2651-311.00-955.014 to cover the K9 training, and related supplies/expenses from various vendors
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Request to setup and approve a $75,000.00 spending budget to purchase a Search and Rescue K9; Vehicle Upfitting and related K9 training/expenses from the following line items (in coordination with Fiscal): 2651-311.00-978.000 ($41,000.00) and 2651-311.00-955.014 ($34,000.00) for the Sheriff/Paramedic Rescue Division. Requesting initial approvals to issue PO’s to NMK9 to purchase the K9 in the amount of $10,500.00 per provided quote, and to issue a PO to Arrowhead Upfitters in the amount of $26,902.00 per provided quote.
BACKGROUND:
N/A
DISCUSSION:
Currently there are no trained K-9’s in the Genesee County area that are in-use by any Police agencies in which the caliber of this K-9 is going to be utilized to do with the Genesee County Office of the Sheriff. This K-9 will be an “Off-Leash Search and Rescue K-9” equipped with a GPS collar. The following examples are what the K-9 will be trained and used for: Building Collapses, Wooded Areas, Missing Children, Walk-Off Alzheimer’s patients, etc. Once the dog finds the victim, it will lay on/stay with his/her target and it’s location will be sent to the handler (via the GPS equipped collar) to retrieve the search and rescue victims.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
N/A
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This is a request to setup and establish budgeted purchases from 2651-311.00-978.000 ($41,000.00) and 2651-311.00-955.014 ($34,000.00) for an estimated total of $75,000.00 for the FY25.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This request conforms to the County Priorities of Keeping the Community Safe by utilizing available resources and technology in combination with trained K9 skills in coordination with an assigned Medic handler/s.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize establishing a $75,000.00 spending budget to purchase a Search and Rescue K9 and related vehicle upfitting and K9 training expenses from the following line items: 2651-311.00-978.000 ($41,000.00) and 2651-311.00-955.014 ($34,000.00) for the Sheriff/Paramedic Rescue Division, and to authorize expenditures, in the form of purchase orders, to Northern Michigan K9 in the amount of $10,500.00 to purchase the K9 and to Arrowhead Upfitters in the amount of $26,902.00 for the vehicle upfitting, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the May 7, 2025 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.