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Sheriff’s Office
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE:October 18, 2022
ACTION REQUESTED:Request to Approve the unbudgeted purchase of a LencoBearCat armored vehicle in the amount of $293,416.11.
BACKGROUND:BOCC solicited departments/offices for appropriations requests for $9.3MM ARPA award. Per budgeting convention, Finance Director will formalize this appropriation in a year-end
2022 budget amendment resolution, reflected in Fund 124 (“ARPA”). The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office acquired an armored MRAP through the Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) in 2016.
The MRAP is assigned to the Regional Tactical Response Team (TRT). The MRAP is used in special tactical missions to provide armored cover during high threat incidents.
On May 25, 2022, President Biden signed Presidential Executive Order 14074 (Section 12). EO 14074 changed the roles a MRAP can be used by civilian law enforcement. The order has limited
the use of the MRAP in ways that depletes the tactical advantages gained by the mobile piece of armor.
Since the MRAP can no longer be deployed in certain high threat missions, the Sheriff’s Office is seeking a civil built armored vehicle to replacement the MRAP therefore alleviating
the restrictions imposed by EO 14074.
INTERACTION:The Board of County Commissioners and the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office discussed this purchase at the 2023 Budget Meeting held October 6, 2022. BOCC directed staff to
return with a formal authorization request at next BOCC regular meeting.
RECOMMENDATION:Approve the purchase of a LencoBearCat armored, to be appropriated from fund 124 via budget amendment resolution.
HANDLING:No Handling
ATTACHMENTS:Lenco QuoteLenco Sole Source LetterLenco Sole Source SpecificationsLenco US Government Cooperative Purchasing Contracts
LEAD STAFF:Ben Kokjer, Chief Criminal Deputy