Vote: passed

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17. GRANT FOR HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA PROSECUTION FROM THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve the agreement and acceptance of funds from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, Grant No. HT19-09-1210, in the amount of $83,519.00. These grant funds are for the support and enhancement of activities intended to deter, investigate and/or prosecute drug offenders for a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) prosecution program. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant allows a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 that may be incurred by the County Attorney’s Office or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the County Attorney’s composite indirect cost rate at 14%, or $11,692.66. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $11,692.66. Grant revenues are not "local revenues" for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. This grant agreement will commence January 1, 2009 and terminate on December 31, 2010. These federal funds are passed through the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission from the Office of National Drug Control Policy under CFDA #07.999. This award will be used to support one FTE Prosecutor (PCN 65140). Acceptance of this agreement and funds will allow the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to support and enhance activities intended to deter, investigate and/or prosecute drug offenders. (C-19-09-049-G-00)

Vote: approved

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10. RESCIND ACTION FOR AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION FOR RECEIPT OF HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA GRANT Rescind the action taken on June 3, 2009 (C-19-09-049-G-00) approving an agreement (HT19-09-1210) between the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) and Maricopa County, on behalf of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Although approved by the Board of Supervisors, this agreement was not fully executed due to a change in the organizational structure for administering these funds. The Board of Supervisors approved a new agreement between Maricopa County on behalf of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on December 2, 2009 (C-50-10-070-G-00) for administration of these funds. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) was the fiduciary for these HIDTA grant funds for Initiative 19. However, On July 1, 2009, the HIDTA Director advised all Initiative Commanders that they were notified by the ACJC that they (ACJC) could no longer continue as the Arizona HIDTA Region Fiduciary. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has now been designated as the fiduciary for Maricopa County by the ONDCP. The Agreement (G09SA0005A) between ONDCP and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was subsequently approved December 2, 2009 by the Board of Supervisors (C-50-10-070-G-00). All applicable documents were submitted for signature by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. (C-19-09-049-G-01)