County Delays Vote on Cost of Search for Scout
The Los Angeles County Claims Board on Monday postponed a decision on whether to reimburse several agencies a total of about $450,000 for an unsuccessful search for a Boy Scout who vanished during a summer hike.
The matter will be taken up again in about two weeks at the board’s next meeting, said member Nancy Singer.
Jared Negrete was last seen July 20, after he became separated from his troop while on a hike to the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio. Search and rescue teams from three counties, the state Department of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service looked for the boy until Aug. 4. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has submitted a bill of $379,383 for the personnel, vehicles, aircraft, fuel and food used during the search for the 12-year-old. State forestry officials claimed $59,209 in similar expenses, while the Riverside County and Arrowbear Lake fire departments spent $2,075 and $11,677, respectively.
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