A county staff speaker told the Washington County Safety Committee the county received notice of a new victim services grant covering three years and said each year’s award is $144,448.57.

"We we just received notice yesterday that we received our new, victim services grant, which is going to expire this year. So it's for the next 3 years... So it actually reads 20 25 to '26, 2026 to '27, 20 27 to 28. And each year, the amount is $144,448.57," the staff member said.

Committee members discussed whether accepting the grant requires a board resolution and whether the county budget already accounted for the revenue. A staff participant said the committee could accept it if the expense and revenue were already in the current year’s budget; otherwise, a referral to finance for a budget amendment would be needed.

"If the full number is in your budget, we won't need to send it to finance... if there's a budget amendment needed to finance, we can have to only bring it," a committee member said.

Committee members voted to accept the grant at the committee level and noted they would confirm whether a formal board resolution or a finance referral is required.