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25. AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH WILDFIRE FOR LOW-INCOME WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Approve revenue Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement between Wildfire and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department. The purpose of the Amendment is to increase Salt River Project (SRP) funding amount by $35,000 for the Program Year (PY) 2019-20. The Agreement shall be increased from $271,220 to $306,220. The increased funds shall be utilized: $5,833.34 for Program Delivery and $29,166.66 for Direct Services. The Amendment limits program expenditure funds to 5% or $15,311 to be used to address Health & Safety concerns. The period of availability for the increased funds shall be January 1, 2020 through March 30, 2020. The term of the Agreement remains unchanged May 1, 2015 to March 30, 2020. Unexpended funds from PY 2019-2020 will not be available for any future PY projects. All provisions of the original Agreement and previous Amendments remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is effective when executed by all the Parties. ACAA contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis for service delivery of the SRP Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. The Human Services Department is utilizing the provisional indirect rate of 22.2% approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for FY2020 for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Amendment amount is $35,000 of which $5,833.34 is for program delivery. Of the $5,833.34 a total of $4,773.60 is for salaries and benefits. The total estimated indirect costs is $1,059.74 and fully recoverable. Budget adjustments will be made when the Indirect rate costs has been fully negotiated and shall be effective as of July 1, 2019. Receipt of the funds from ACAA does not require in-kind or match funds and no future or ongoing contributions by the County at the end of the Agreement term. The services provided under this Agreement are not a mandated function but provides a benefit to citizens by providing Weatherization measures in dwellings occupied by low-income residents, which will assist in reducing energy burdens in Maricopa County. This Amendment does not contain County General funds. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. The approval of this funding does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant A.R.S. §42-17105. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this grant through future budget reconciliation. Supervisory District: All (C-22-15-067-3-05)

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Vote: approved

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32. AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH WILDFIRE FOR LOW-INCOME WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Approve revenue Amendment No. 6 to the Agreement between Wildfire and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department. The purpose of the Amendment is to address the following: 1. Amend the effective date in Section 1 to May 1, 2020 and the expiration date in Section 1 to June 30, 2021, effectively adding an additional program year, PY2020-21. 2. Amend Section 2, Scope of Service, Compensation/Taxes in Paragraph M, by a. allocating additional funds for PY2020-21 in an amount not to exceed $355,000 which includes $295,833.00 for Direct Services and $59,167 for Program Delivery; and b. permitting Contractor to use up to 5% of the allocation for Health and Safety, not to exceed $17,750.00. 3. Replace all references of “Governor’s Office of Energy Policy” to “Arizona Department of Housing” (ADOH). 4. Amend Section 2, Scope of Service, Program Reporting, Paragraph J, by removing 5. Progress Reports submittal. Unexpended funds from PY 2019-2020 funding will not be available for PY 2020-2021 projects. The period of availability for the new funding shall be May 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. All provisions of the original Agreement and previous Amendments remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is effective when executed by all the Parties. This amendment if subject to A.R.S. §38-511 Wildfire contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis for service delivery of the SRP Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. The Human Services Department is utilizing the provisional indirect rate of 22.2% approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for FY2020 for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Amendment amount is $355,000 of which $59,167 is for program delivery. Of the $59,167 a total of $48,418.17 is for salaries and benefits. The total estimated indirect costs are $10,748.83 and fully recoverable. Budget adjustments will be made when the Indirect rate costs have been fully negotiated and shall be effective as of May 1, 2020. Receipt of the funds from Wildfire does not require in-kind or match funds and no future or ongoing contributions by the County at the end of the Agreement term. The services provided under this Agreement are not a mandated function but provides a benefit to citizens by providing Weatherization measures in dwellings occupied by low-income residents, which will assist in reducing energy burdens in Maricopa County. This Amendment does not contain County General funds. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. The approval of this funding does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant A.R.S. §42-17105. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this grant through future budget reconciliation. Supervisory District: All (C-22-15-067-3-06)

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