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11. DRUG, GANG, AND VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL GRANT THROUGH THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve the agreement and acceptance of grant funds from the U. S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program through the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, Grant No. DC-11-109, in the amount of $261,250. These grant funds are for the prosecution of drug, gang, and violent criminal offenders. The grant award begins on July 1, 2010 and ends on June 30, 2011. 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 which 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 Office's composite indirect cost rate at 15.3%, or $39,971.00. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $39,971.00. 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 award agreement is in the amount of $261,250.00 and will be used to support two FTE Prosecutors (PCN 9675 and 11759), one FTE Legal Assistant (PCN 34009), and one FTE Legal Support Specialist (PCN 32900). No matching funds are required to receive this award. 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. Payments of grant funds are conditioned upon the availability of funds appropriated or allocated for the payment of these funds. There is no long term expectation of continued funding for this grant. However, the County Attorney’s office has been receiving funds through this grant program for the last 16 fiscal years, with the most recent funding for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 in the amount of $334,933. (C-19-10-042-G-00)