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NBA accepts $300,000 grant advance and approves $244,518 in purchase orders for new health and social services building
Summary
Daggett County's Municipal Building Authority accepted a $300,000 advance from Northeastern Counseling to furnish its new health and social services building and approved purchase orders to four vendors totaling $244,518.23, including a sole-source $103,369 operable wall ordered from Alders Corporation.
The Daggett County Municipal Building Authority on March 7 approved multiple purchase requests to furnish the new health and social services building after staff said Kyle Snow of Northeastern Counseling secured a $300,000 grant and agreed to front the funds to help the NBA's cash flow.
Jesse (staff) told commissioners that Northeastern Counseling wrote and received a $300,000 grant to furnish the building and would initially advance the funds: "So he went and wrote this grant and got us $300,000...he actually decided to front us the $300,000 to purchase this, and then he's gonna do the reimbursement on his end." The board publicly thanked Northeastern Counseling for the support.
The authority approved four purchase requests: Hahn Company LLC for $56,540.80 (tables and chairs; state contract; one line item to be re-quoted), Upper Limit Inc. for $74,961.45 (exercise equipment and rubber flooring; state contract), Lifetime for $9,646.98 (tables and stacking chairs; chosen as lowest of two internet quotes), and Alders Corporation for $103,369.00 (operable walls and installation). The Alders item was presented as a sole-source purchase because the operable wall specified by the architect is available only through that vendor regionally; commissioners considered two product specs (Legacy and Encore) and accepted the Encore option for better sound control.
Board members discussed trade-offs between spending an extra $9,000 on the higher-spec operable wall or reserving funds for higher-end audiovisual equipment. Several commissioners said they would defer to the architect's recommendation and staff counsel about long-term permanence of the wall compared with audio upgrades. Staff said audiovisual equipment remains a later priority and will be sized to the remaining budget after furniture and the operable wall are purchased.
Commissioners approved each purchase request by voice vote. The board also reviewed a Jones & DeMille Engineering invoice on the open-invoice register related to the clinic; staff said that invoice is expected to be reimbursed through the CIB process once bond closing is complete.
Next steps: county staff will assign project numbers to purchase orders, obtain required signatures, and coordinate reimbursements and payments with Northeastern Counseling and CIB.
