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25. ACCEPT FUNDING AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR 2011 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT 1. Approve the acceptance of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2011 Local Solicitation in the total amount of $1,841,662. 2. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Maricopa County; and the Cities of Avondale, Chandler, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Surprise and Tempe; and the Town of Gilbert. This MOU is required pursuant to the grant application requirements. This MOU also includes a negotiated reallocation to Maricopa County of $335,788 and $1,505,874 in funds to be reallocated to the Cities of Avondale - $34,471; Chandler - $72,227; Glendale - $122,631; Goodyear - $10,047; Mesa - $181,003; Peoria - $27,193; Phoenix - $903,974; Scottsdale - $39,318; Surprise - $10,220; and Tempe - $84,698; and the Town of Gilbert - $20,092. Grant awards are to be expended within a four (4) year period of time, starting October 1, 2010 and ending September 30, 2014. The JAG grant does allow up to 10 percent of the award for costs associated with administering JAG funds which includes indirect costs, and Maricopa County has been designated as the fiscal agent for this consortium of municipalities. 3. Approve the waiver of administration costs above 5% of funding allocated to County Manager/Justice System Planning and Information. Administrative costs over 5% are being waived so that a majority of the grant funding can be sub-granted to partner agencies, per the Memorandum of Understanding. Recovery of Indirect costs for remaining county departments (Adult Probation, County Attorney, Juvenile Probation, and Sheriff’s Office) and subrecipients are not allowed. 4. County Manager/Justice System Planning and Information FY11 indirect rate is 12.4%. Department will receive a total of $92,084 (5%) for administration, which includes $4,385 indirect cost recovery and $92,084 (5%) waived for administration. The Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) preceded JAG. LLEBG procedures included a provision to protect counties from major funding disparities that resulted from the block grant formula. The formula allocated funds to communities by rate of violent crime arrests (predominantly by municipal police agencies), failing to reflect the substantial responsibilities of counties for adjudicating these high level crimes (including incarceration, prosecution, defense, and court processing). If declared disparate, communities were required to concur in a reallocation of the award amounts or no distribution of LLEBG funds occurred. As a result of the request for consideration by Maricopa County, in FY 2004 the Arizona Attorney General certified that the cities of Phoenix, Mesa, and Glendale were scheduled to receive an award twice as much as the projected County award. As the County allocates more than 50% of the local incarceration or prosecution expenditures for Part I, violent crimes, the Attorney General declared that the local funding of LLEBG dollars was disparate. Because of this decision, the 2011 JAG grant again requires a collaboration of all named cities and towns with Maricopa County. The following is the result of the negotiation process whereby Maricopa County will be allocated $335,788 of the total award. (C-20-11-133-3-00)

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25. DISTRIBUTION OF EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING AMONG MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENTS 1. Approve the distribution of grant funding among five County departments, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2011 Local Solicitation. Maricopa County received $335,788 through this grant. The County Manager’s Office will receive $92,084; Adult Probation will receive $60,926; the County Attorney’s Office will receive $60,926; Juvenile Probation will receive $60,926; and the Sheriff’s Office will receive $60,926. 2. County Manager/Justice System Planning and Information FY11 indirect rate is 12.4%. Department will receive a total of $92,084 (5%) for administration, which includes $4,385 indirect cost recovery. Adult Probation will receive a total of $60,926; at their FY11 indirect rate of 10.8%, their indirect costs are $6,580 which are unrecoverable. The County Attorney’s Office will receive a total of $60,926; at their FY11 indirect rate of 15.3%, their indirect costs are $9,322 which are unrecoverable. Juvenile Probation will receive a total of $60,926; at their FY11 indirect rate of 32.8%, their indirect costs are $19,984 which are unrecoverable. Sheriff’s Office will receive a total of $60,926; at their FY11 indirect rate of 14.0%, their indirect costs are $8,530 which are unrecoverable. A previous agenda item (C-20-11-133-3-00) accepted this funding and approved a Memorandum of Understanding between Maricopa County and municipal partners. County Manager/Justice System Planning and Information will receive $92,084 for administration. Adult Probation will receive $60,926 for the Community Restitution Program. The County Attorney’s Office will receive $60,926 for the Gun Prosecution program. Juvenile Probation will receive $60,926 for Case Carrying JPO Retention Program. The Sheriff’s Office will receive $60,926 for the Parcel Interdiction Group and the Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team (MCNNET). (C-20-11-133-3-01)