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RESOLUTION <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-________ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FUNDING FOR A GRANT PURSUANT TO STATE FUNDING <br />THAT WAS ALLOCATED 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 /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature provides funding to local law enforcement <br />agencies through WASPC (the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs) to verify the <br />address and residency of all registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders under RCW <br />9A.44.130; and <br /> <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-to-face verification of a sex <br />offender’s address at the place of residency; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the grant cycle follows the state fiscal year, starting July 1, 2025, and ending <br />June 30, 2026, with funds disbursed in equal allotments each quarter; and <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />ADOPTED this day of 2025. <br /> <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> Laura Osiadacz, Chairman <br /> <br /> <br /> Cory Wright, Vice Chair <br /> <br /> <br /> Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner <br /> <br />ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br /> <br />_______________________ _________________________________ <br /> Miko Tempski, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney <br />☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik <br />☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz