Primary Department: County Judge
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Lina Hidalgo
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Award
Project ID (if applicable): TBD
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Commissioners Court Office
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to accept from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant funds in the amount of $760,394.00, and supply match (discretionary included) towards the Management and Administration cost categories for the FY2025 Port Security Grant Program. There is a twenty-five percent match requirement of $253,465.32 associated bringing the total award to $1,013,859.32 for the FY2025 PSGP award.
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Background and Discussion:
The FY 2025 Port Security Grant Program (EMW-2025-PU-05052) grant will complete federally approved SSI (Sensitive Security Information) deliverables.
Expected Impact:
Completed program scopes will buy down risks associated with PSGP Homeland Security priorities.
Alternative Options:
N/A
County Strategic Plan Goal: 1. Make Harris County safer and more just.
County Strategic Plan Objective: A: Reduce violent crime across the County.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan: N/A
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
County Judge’s Office |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
$ |
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1000 - General Fund |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
$ |
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Other |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
TBD |
TBD |
$1,013,859.32 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Grant |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Other |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
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Total Personnel |
- |
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Anticipated Court Date: 10/16/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A
The Period of Performance is 09/01/2025 to 08/31/2028. M&A funds will begin being expended once the feds forward the final calculations, while program funds will not be transferred to the applicable department until the remaining program requirements are met.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Kenya Wilson, Homeland Security Port Grant Director, County Judge’s Office
Attachments (if applicable): EMW-2025-PU-05052 Federal Award Package