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Siskiyou Sheriff Seeks Time to Negotiate $100,000 Grant Repayment over Undisclosed Vessel
Summary
Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue told the Board of Supervisors the county must either repay roughly $100,000 or return a large vessel after the state flagged an undisclosed boat in a 2021 grant application; the board continued the item to March 18 and directed the sheriff to negotiate with the state.
Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue told the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors that the state is seeking repayment of $100,000 tied to a 2021 equipment grant after a previously unlisted fourth vessel was discovered during a site inspection.
LaRue said the county fronted the purchase from the general fund and later received a state reimbursement for the vessel; the state now contends the county omitted a fourth boat from its inventory and is asking for repayment or return of the equipment. “They indicated that they believe we were inaccurate in our numbers and they wanted to basically pull the grant back,” LaRue said.
The sheriff…
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