To be voted upon; tonight

This is a link to the subject of a vote by the board, tonight.

It has to do with a grant of $100,000 from the city to APS. So far as I can tell, the purpose of the grant is to offset APS' costs for fingerprinting and backgound checking volunteers.

Of the $100,000; $40,100 goes to audit fee ($100) and $40K to "other contract services". Of the remaining $59K, $59K will be spent on "other charges and indirect costs"

I really began to worry when I read that inorder for APS to manage this grant, they would need more office space and someone to "coordinate". Knowing that none of the great unwashed can "coordinate"; it must mean that they are going to hire another administrator. At a cost of roughly two thirds of the grant. This is all surmise. Beth Everitt's idea of transparent accountability does not include candid, forthright and honest disclosure of the spending of public resources. I will bow to controverting evidence.


All of which begs the question, why doesn't the Bernalillo County Sheriff handle all of the fingerprinting and background checks? If Beth Everitt has some kind of relationship with the BCSO that allows the use of the sheriff's computer to check out an administrator's girlfriend's background; surely it is available to check out the background of a parent volunteer.

You never know; someone might want to sneak in and steal another mariachi band.