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Response synthesis and audit

Sheriff and Board responses to HVAC and office space

Both agencies accept the findings. The Sheriff reports completed engineering and storage-container purchases while planning additional office space. The Board describes HVAC assessment and grant-dependent office expansion; completed construction is not established.

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Response by Mariposa County Sheriff's Office and Mariposa County Board of Supervisors

4

Addressed

4

Partially addressed

0

Not addressed

0

Unclear

County's stated disposition

These categories reflect the County's response to each recommendation, separate from this audit's assessment.

0

Implemented

4

Will be implemented

0

Requires further analysis

0

Will not be implemented

0

Unclear

How to read this audit

This review assesses the response document, not independently verified implementation, factual accuracy, or legal compliance. Each audit identifies its respondent and letter date. Page citations refer to the assembled response packet.

Commitments

Actions stated in the response

These are commitments extracted from the County's response. They describe what the response says will happen; they do not verify that implementation occurred.

4

Extracted commitments

2

Definite or bounded timing

1

Conditional timing

1

No timeframe

R1 — Sheriff · No timeframe stated

Submit HVAC/electrical plans for permit review and bid advertisement.

No target date stated

R2 — Sheriff · Conditional timing

Develop additional office-space design and plans with Public Works, HHSA, and KPA Group.

Construction funding has not yet been identified.

F1 — Board · Bounded timeframe

Assess HVAC issues and advance a formal bid process.

Response says this work should be completed in the next six months; the scope of that deadline is ambiguous.

R2 — Board · Bounded timeframe

Continue pursuing grants for custodial staff and jail mental-health office space.

Described as a top priority for the next twelve months.

Item-by-item review

Findings and recommendations

Assessments describe whether the response engages each cited item. Finding scores separately describe statutory-elements completeness under California Penal Code § 933.05(a) and public usefulness. They do not independently verify the response or constitute a legal conclusion.

Showing 8 of 8 items

finding · F1 — Sheriff

Failed HVAC and uncomfortable conditions

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: Accepts and reports HVAC/electrical engineering plans completed July 5, 2024 with Public Works and KPA Group.

Audit analysis

The explicit acceptance covers the finding and supplies a dated project milestone and named participants.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

10/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

6/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
2/2

The explicit acceptance covers the finding and supplies a dated project milestone and named participants.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 2Response page 1
Discuss finding and response

recommendation · R1 — Sheriff

Replace necessary HVAC

County: Will be implementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: Reports completed plans, with permit review and bid advertisement next.

Audit analysis

The response identifies concrete work toward replacement but does not give a construction or completion date.

Extracted commitments

Submit HVAC/electrical plans for permit review and bid advertisement.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Sheriff's Office
Timing
No timeframe stated
Report page 2Response page 1

finding · F2 — Sheriff

Cramped staff offices

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: Accepts and describes purchased storage containers and a proposed extension to the north lawn.

Audit analysis

The response accepts the space problem and identifies concrete steps, without naming purchase or design records.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

9/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

5/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
1/2

The response accepts the space problem and identifies concrete steps, without naming purchase or design records.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 2Response page 2
Discuss finding and response

recommendation · R2 — Sheriff

Maximize shared staff space

County: Will be implementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: Reports storage-container purchases to free an internal room and design work for an extension; funding for the extension remains unidentified.

Audit analysis

The response describes action consistent with continued investigation and pursuit of space improvements, while distinguishing the unfunded expansion.

Extracted commitments

Develop additional office-space design and plans with Public Works, HHSA, and KPA Group.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Sheriff's Office
Timing
Construction funding has not yet been identified. · Conditional timing
Report page 2Response page 2

finding · F1 — Board

Failed HVAC and uncomfortable conditions

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Board of Supervisors: Agrees, describes assessment for a formal bid process, and says this work should be completed in six months.

Audit analysis

The response accepts the finding and gives a planning horizon, but the phrase this work does not clearly distinguish assessment, bidding, and completed replacement.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

8/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

4/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
1/2
Support traceability
1/2

The response accepts the finding and gives a planning horizon, but the phrase this work does not clearly distinguish assessment, bidding, and completed replacement.

Scoring confidence: high

Extracted commitments

Assess HVAC issues and advance a formal bid process.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Board of Supervisors
Timing
Response says this work should be completed in the next six months; the scope of that deadline is ambiguous. · Bounded timeframe
Report page 2Response page 17
Discuss finding and response

finding · F2 — Board

Cramped staff offices

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Board of Supervisors: Agrees, cites Sheriff and HHSA grant applications and completed site plans, and describes State grant delays.

Audit analysis

The response covers the finding with specific planning and funding assertions, but identifies no grant name or application record.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

9/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

5/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
1/2

The response covers the finding with specific planning and funding assertions, but identifies no grant name or application record.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 2Response page 17
Discuss finding and response

recommendation · R1 — Board

Replace necessary HVAC

County: Will be implementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Board of Supervisors: Agrees; the F1 paragraph on the same page describes assessment and bidding work.

Audit analysis

The related explanation indicates future work, but does not clearly commit to completed replacement within the six-month phrase.

Report page 2Response page 17

recommendation · R2 — Board

Maximize shared staff space

County: Will be implementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Board of Supervisors: Agrees and refers to continuing pursuit of additional grants.

Audit analysis

Funding exploration addresses continued pursuit of space improvements, but does not establish construction or a completion schedule.

Extracted commitments

Continue pursuing grants for custodial staff and jail mental-health office space.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Board of Supervisors
Timing
Described as a top priority for the next twelve months. · Bounded timeframe
Report page 2Response page 17