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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: June 16, 2020 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to approve amendment of the language contained in the awarded Law & Justice Grant to be less restrictive to make appropriate purchases <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Reestablishment of a Child Forensic Interviewing (CFI) Room, Family Waiting Area, Observation Area; and the Acquisition and Installment of an Updated Recording System <br /> <br />INTERACTION: We submitted the L&J coversheet and a Wayfair receipt to the Auditor’s office for partial purchases I made against the allowed grant. A series of emails followed in which <br />Dora Van Epps said that we could only make purchases that matched the itemized, estimate list of furnishings attached to the grant application. However, between the time we priced online <br />and when the funds were made available, 17 of the 19, over 89% of the pieces of merchandise specified in the application on the “estimate list”, were no longer available or the prices <br />had increased. Therefore, the search for items to purchase essentially began anew. We were operating under the parameters of the objectives, and intentions of the grant application: <br />to obtain furnishings and carpet for the CFI room, waiting area, and observation area. A recording system is a second part of the grant. Orders were purchased from and there was pushback <br />as they were no listed on the original list exactly. They were “close” as the items were no longer available due to the passage of time from research and fund availability. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Review the proposed Resolution and adopt as written. <br />ATTACHMENT: Proposed Resolution. <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Elishia Harvill, Chief Administrator <br />