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CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF A PAUL COVERDELL NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT ACT GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,519 FOR FUNDING OF SUPPLIES AND A SERVICE CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE KANSAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL.
Presented by: Dr. Timothy Rohrig, Director, Regional Forensic Science Center.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award, and authorize the director to sign award forms and grant assurances (progress reports and financial related documents), and establish budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: No
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: This is an annual award that is issued to the State of Kansas and is shared among the three forensic labs in the State. This year it was determined that Sedgwick County will be allocated $31,519 to fund much needed supplies and services. The acquisition of a liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) will allow the laboratory to have a tool to enhance and streamline analytical procedures. This will allow the toxicology laboratory to meet the turn-around-time mandated by the Center's National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) accreditation. Since it is a sophisticated piece of analytical instrumentation, the LC/MS requires routine preventative maintenance and a service contract in the event of component failure. This type of preventative maintenance and/or repair is outside the capabilities of the scientific staff and must be provided by professional engineers. The request for funding is for funding the cost of the preventative maintenance and service contract for one year so that the LC/MS will remain operational.
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