Vote: adopted

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10. GRANT FUNDS FROM THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NEW YORK COUNTY FOR SEX ASSAULT KIT BACKLOG ELIMINATION PROGRAM Approve receipt of grant funds from the Office of District Attorney, New York County (DANY) through the Sex Assault Kit (SAK) Backlog Elimination Program in the amount of $1,929,145. These funds are for the testing of backlogged SAKs in the possession of law enforcement agencies in Maricopa County and to promote strategies to permanently eliminate a backlog of untested SAKs in Maricopa County. This grant agreement will commence October 1, 2015 and terminate on September 30, 2017. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant funds, $1,929,145, may not be expended for any indirect costs which may be incurred by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant (Agreement Page 1, Article 1, Paragraph A definition of “Allowable Expense”). 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 Office's composite indirect cost rate at 13%, or $250,789. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $250,789. Pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106, approve appropriation adjustment(s) resulting in a net increase to revenue and expenditures of $364,751 in FY 2015-2016 County Attorney (190) Grants Fund (219) Operating (0000) budget. Approval of this item will result in an overall grant funds appropriation of $6,080,728 for revenues and expenditures in the County Attorney (190) Grants Fund (219) Operating (0000) budget. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of these revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. This request does not alter the budget constraining the expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. (C-19-16-011-G-00)

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