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CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF A PAUL COVERDELL NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR FUNDING OF SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND RECERTIFICATION SERVICES.
Presented by: Dr. Timothy Rohrig, Director, Regional Forensic Science Center (RFSC).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award and authorize the RFSC Director to sign award forms, grant assurances (progress reports and financial related documents), and establish budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of the 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 $25,000 to fund equipment. The equipment funded by this award is to replace aging and/or non-functional items; this will allow the forensic laboratories to maintain its current level of service. The Grant award acceptance timeline is quite short again this year with the Notice dated February 17, 2017 on which day we received the notice via email and required to be processed, approved, signed and returned by March 3, 2017. The project performance period for the grant is January 12, 2017 to December 31, 2017.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: January 12, 2017
Grant period ends: December 31, 2017
Source of funding
Grant: $25,000
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding:$0
TOTAL SOURCES $25,000
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $25,000
Personnel: $0
Contractual services: $3,500
Operational supplies: $21,500
Equipment:$0
Indirect administrative costs:$0
Capital projects cost:$0
TOTAL USES $25,000
Source of matching funds N/A:
Source of other funding:N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: $25,000 is requested for the 2017 Budget to cover the costs of the grant project.
Personnel considerations:N/A
Expected measurable outcomes:
Project Goal: The project's goal is to maintain current analytical capabilities with some enhancements in process efficiencies.
Project Objective: The primary objective is to acquire replacemensupplieses, equipment and Calibration/Certification Services to help meet the goal of enhancing process efficiencies.
Measurable Objectives: The Forensic Science Laboratory will monitor the number of forensic cases completed each month.
Indicators: Performance measures/indicators will be casework throughput and completion within the timelines specified by NAME guidelines on postmortem cases, DUI/DUID cases completed within 90 days of receipt and number of firearms cases completed.
Requirements from Sedgwick County: (reporting requirements or other actions required of the organization should the grant be awarded)
The County must comply with the standard grant assurances required of federal pass through grants as included in the attachment section of this Legistar Item. Standard program progress and financial reporting are also required under this grant award.
Alternatives: Do not accept the grant and forgo the benefits of the funding to improve the Forensic Labs equipment, supplies and related process improvements.
Policy considerations: None.
Legal considerations: Standard Grant Assurances required.