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County to accept tribal mitigation award and small grants; historic-building repairs to go to consent
Summary
Sheriff and county staff briefed commissioners on a $57,000 Spokane Tribe impact-mitigation award (including $25,000 for a K-9), a $13,248 STOP grant for domestic-violence training, and a $488,000 historic-preservation grant to repair failing awnings; staff recommended adding the items to the consent agenda.
Sheriff Kevin Ritchie asked the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners to accept multiple grant awards and to place them on the consent agenda.
Ritchie said the Spokane Tribe awarded $57,000 to the county from an impact-mitigation fund; $25,000 of that would replace a county K-9 and $32,000 would pay for a gas-meter replacement. He asked the board for permission to accept the award and place it on the February consent agenda.
The sheriff also briefed the board on the fiscal-year 2025 STOP grant award of $13,248 to support domestic-violence detective training. He said $5,760 would go toward detective training and travel, another $5,760 would be subawarded to the Spokane Police Department for similar training, $1,700 would cover indirect costs, and $4,416 would be local match.
Separately, county staff (Gil) described a state historic-preservation grant award of $488,000 for repair of failing fiberglass awning panels on an upper structure. Staff showed photographs of degraded panels and a prior temporary patch, and said total project costs (including scaffolding, masonry repair, tower cleaning and a possible spire repair) could reach about $1.11 million. Gil asked to place the grant on the consent agenda so the county could begin engineering and specifications for bidding.
Why it matters: The tribal mitigation and STOP grants provide targeted public-safety and training resources with limited county match; the historic-preservation award addresses structural deterioration on a publicly owned historic asset but may require additional local funds to complete all desired repairs.
Next steps: The board signaled assent to add the items to the consent agenda; staff will bring contract and bid documents forward for board approval.
