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Island County approves two vehicles for Recovery Navigator program; staff flag tracking gaps in vehicle funds
Summary
Commissioners approved purchase of a Nissan Sentra and a Nissan Pathfinder using Recovery Navigator grant funds; staff noted the grant provides $5,276 per vehicle per year for M&O but raised concerns that capital-recovery and year-to-year carryover of those funds are not being tracked clearly.
The Board of Island County Commissioners approved a purchase order to buy one Nissan Sentra and one Nissan Pathfinder for the county's Recovery Navigator program, using grant funding for the vehicles and associated maintenance and operations costs.
A staff member explained that funding comes from the Recovery Navigator program grant administered through a regional behavioral health administrative organization; the staff member said the county has received the grant since 2022 and that “$5,276 per year goes to facilities per car that we purchase” for maintenance and operations. The staff presentation noted the vehicles were sourced based on availability.
Another staff member raised concerns about how the county is accounting for capital recovery and year-to-year fund carryover, saying current practice appears to sweep unspent amounts into current expense and that there is not a clearly identified capital-recovery bucket to ensure funds are available to replace vehicles later. “Capital recovery is just going into the same bucket as all the other low fees,” the staff member said, and added they are still tracing where prior year balances were allocated.
The board moved and seconded to approve the purchase order and recorded affirmative votes. The transcript includes a line of the contract amount transcribed as “$2.08 $4.02 3,” which is not clear in the record; the article does not infer a dollar value not stated in the transcript.
Why it matters: the vehicles support a legislated Recovery Navigator program and the M&O funding formula and capital-recovery accounting affect vehicle replacement planning and program sustainability.
What’s next: staff said they will continue to trace prior-year balances and look at whether departmental charges and enterprise accounting need adjustment to create a durable capital-recovery fund for fleet replacement.
