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Valley County accepts Rescue Foundation grant, signs MOU with Boise County for forensic software
Summary
The Valley County Board of Commissioners voted to accept a $9,000 Rescue Foundation grant and sign a memorandum of understanding with Boise County to share forensic software for sheriff's-office investigations; county funding leaves a roughly $1,300 shortfall to be resolved by the sheriff's office.
The Valley County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to accept a Rescue Foundation grant of $9,000 and sign a memorandum of understanding with Boise County to share a forensic software instance to support the sheriff's office.
County staff told commissioners the Rescue Foundation committed funding to help pay for forensic software that will assist the sheriff's office with exploitation investigations. The total cost for the software instance is $20,006.26; Valley County's share is $10,300 and the grant covers $9,000, leaving an unresolved gap of about $1,300 that staff said the sheriff's office will need to address with Boise County and Lacey County.
A board member moved to "sign and accept our Rescue Foundation grama award on forensic software with the memorandum of understanding with Boise County," and another commissioner seconded. The motion carried on a voice vote; the transcript records the board voting "Aye" but does not include a roll-call tally.
Staff said the county will use a shared instance purchased by Boise County and will "chip in" to help pay so Valley County can use the software for local investigations. Commissioners noted the partnership with Boise County as a way to gain access to forensic capability the county does not currently have in-house.
Chairman Lola said it was "great to partner with our neighbors," and the board moved on to other agenda items.
Action and next steps: staff and the sheriff's office will coordinate with Boise County on the MOU implementation and resolve the remaining funding discrepancy; no further timetable was recorded in the meeting transcript.
