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Commissioners ask prevention-grant manager to appear amid reporting delays and warn of single-audit cost
Summary
Commissioners asked county staff to invite the prevention grant manager (Colette) to explain delays and program operations after slow reimbursements and reporting problems; staff warned that exceeding $750,000 in federal awards could trigger a costly single audit that the county must pay.
Park County commissioners voted informally to ask the prevention grant manager to appear after hearing complaints about slow reimbursements and insufficient reporting from the group running a prevention grant.
A commissioner summarized recent problems, saying the group administering the prevention grant has not provided timely information and that public health has declined to sign off on the grant packet. "We've gotten kind of a bad name at the state for what's been happening in this last year to year and a half," the commissioner said, and asked that Colette or another representative from 1 Health appear at the next meeting to explain what the grant will do and how reimbursements are being handled.
Staff warned of audit implications tied to federal awards. "If we have over 750,000 in federal grants, it triggers a single audit," Steve said. He noted ARPA has pushed the county close to that threshold in recent years and estimated a single audit could cost the county on the order of $56,000.
Commissioners also discussed a program line in the county attorney’s budget labeled "VicWitt," which staff said may be losing state and federal support; the county could be asked to cover more of that program if higher-level funding disappears.
Commissioners agreed to add the prevention grant manager to next Tuesday’s agenda so the board can review the program structure, state sign-off issues, and the financial flow of reimbursements before deciding whether to continue running the program through the county or move it elsewhere.
The board did not make a final decision at the session; staff will request the manager appear and will report back with any documentation the state or pass-through agency has provided.
