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Commissioners approve transfer of transition house to Search and Rescue and authorize grant application
Summary
The board approved transferring a vacant transition house to Search and Rescue and moved to authorize the Search and Rescue coordinator to apply for an OEM/FEMA security grant (deadline Jan. 15), which could provide up to $200,000 per location and $600,000 per county.
Klamath County commissioners approved transferring a vacant transition house at the Search and Rescue complex to the Search and Rescue element of the sheriff's office and moved to authorize the Search and Rescue coordinator to apply for a state OEM grant funded through FEMA.
A sergeant leading Search and Rescue outlined the proposal: to convert the transition house into office space, to repurpose the current meeting room for equipment storage and to add fencing and a 30-by-60 metal building to accommodate growing equipment such as a command vehicle and Snowcat. The sergeant said the application window is short and asked for board authorization to apply; staff noted a deadline of "January 15, 10PM." "We would like to take the transition house and make that our office," the sergeant said.
An unidentified board member moved to transfer the transition house to Search and Rescue; the motion was seconded and the board recorded aye votes and the transfer was approved. The board and staff discussed follow-up property-control and finance paperwork to place the building under the correct department and insurance. A subsequent motion to authorize Search and Rescue coordinator Sergeant Pari to apply for the OEM grant was moved and seconded; the transcript records the motion and discussion of compliance and matching funds but does not include a formal roll-call vote for the grant authorization in the excerpt.
Staff said the grant is available for up to $200,000 per location with no more than $600,000 total and suggested there may be allowance for three to four locations per county. Don Beatty, Steve Leslie and Jason Pettigrew were identified as staff who would assist with the application. Staff indicated that if the board wished, the application could be submitted as a prior-approved blue-sheet item to streamline the process.
Board members asked staff to handle compliance details and return if further formal action or matching funds are required; they also inquired about a separate Snowcat contract and whether it had been signed, with staff saying county counsel and OEM were expected to have the contract but that staff would follow up.
