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9. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) GRANT THROUGH THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve the application for and the acceptance of an award of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 grant funding through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – State Formula from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission in the amount of $1,908,589 to Maricopa County, though the County Attorney. This grant will fund the prosecution of drugs, gang, and violent crime offenders. The term of the grant is from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. The grant allows a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 that may be incurred by the County Attorney’s Office of 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 14.4%, or $274,836. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $274,836. This grant does not require Maricopa County to provide any matching funds, nor does it require any on-going continuation of effort after termination of the grant program. 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 application and award is for $1,908,859.00 and will be used to support fourteen FTE Prosecutors, two FTE Detectives, four FTE Paralegals, five Legal Support Specialists, and one FTE Victim Advocate. These positions will be used to enhance the prosecution of drug, gang, and violent crime cases. This grant will expire at the end of the award period unless prior written approval for an extension has been obtained from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. Payment of grant funds is contingent upon receipt of federal funds during the term of this agreement. This grant may automatically renew in FY 2010-2011 without need for future application. Beyond that, there is no long term expectation of continued funding for this grant; however, funds have been awarded by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission for this purpose since FY 1994-1995, with the most recent funding for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 in the amount of $1,498,720.00. Because of the urgency surrounding the implementation and use of Recovery funds, the Board of Supervisors will be asked to sign the grant agreements at a later date. This action will authorize the acceptance of the funds and authorize the grant documents to be signed at a later date and will enable Maricopa County and the grantor to avoid delays in the implementation of the use of the funds. (C-19-09-055-G-00)

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13. AMENDMENT TO AN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) GRANT THROUGH THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement and acceptance of grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 grant funding through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – State Formula from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. This amendment extends the expiration date from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2011 and increases the amount of the award by $1,573,656 for a new total of $3,482,245. It will be used to pay the salary and benefits of eleven (11) FTE Prosecutors, PCNs 65124, 66565, 16138, 15376, 11745, 64674, 741, 12665, 12552, 16054, and 12676; one (1) Legal Support Specialist, PCN 761, two (2) Legal Support Supervisors, PCNs 822 and 1614; and two (2) Detectives, PCNs15607 and 14484. No signatures are required to accept and approve the amendment. This grant will expire at the end of the award period unless prior written approval for an extension has been obtained from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has received Edward Byrne JAG grant funds for the past 15 fiscal years and there is no reasonable expectation of future funding. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the County Attorney's Office composite FY 2011 indirect cost rate at 15.3%, or $240,769 (for the new amount). The recoverable indirect cost of administering the grant is $0, the non-recoverable indirect cost is $240,769 for FY 2011. This grant does not require Maricopa County to provide any matching funds, nor does it require any on-going continuation of effort after termination of the grant program. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by budget law. (C-19-09-055-G-01)