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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESoLUnoN No. 2026-jL[- <br />A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FUNDING FOR A GRANT PURSUANT TO STATE FUNDING <br />THAT WAS ALLOGATED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO VERIFY THE ADDRESS AND <br />RESIDENCY OF ALL REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND KIDNAPPING OFFENDERS <br />UNDER RCW 9A.44.130. <br />WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature provides funding to local law enforcement <br />agerrcies Llrrouglr WASPC (the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Ctriefs) to velily tlte <br />address and residency of all regiitered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders under RCW <br />9A.44.130; and <br />WHEREAS, the funds awarded are designed to support all aspects of Registered Sex <br />Offender Address Verification, and are required to be used for face{o-face verification of a sex <br />offender's address at the place of residency; and <br />WHEREAS, the grant cycle follows the state fiscal year, starting July 1 ,2026, and ending <br />June 30, 2027, with funds disbursed in equal allotments each quarter; and <br />WHEREAS, funding from this program will also be used to send at least one staff person to <br />the OffenderWatch User Group meeting and the SONAR Committee Meeting; and <br />WHEREAS, the funding supports the efforts of the Sheriff's Office to enforce the legal <br />requirements of Chapter 9A.44 RCW and thus improve the community's safety, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, thAt this <br />Agreement between Kittitas County and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs <br />be adopted. <br />ADOPTED this <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY , WASHINGTON <br />ABSEilT <br />ATTEST <br />rk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik <br />Y,puty Clerk of the Board-ftffiyffdhhdz <br />1\ g\of IJ\2026. <br />ce <br />\Nry <br />SEAT <br />RESOLUTION ._)tiai La.,(son