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23. AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH WILDFIRE FOR UTILITY REPAIR REPLACEMENT AND DEPOSIT PROGRAM Approve financial Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement between Arizona Community Action Association dba Wildfire (hereinafter referred to as “Wildfire”) and Maricopa County administered by its Human Services Department, Housing and Community Development Division. The purpose of this Amendment is for Wildfire to provide an increase in funds for the Utility Repair Replacement Deposit (URRD) Program. Wildfire will provide the County with an additional $150,000 ($136,364 for Direct Service and $13,636 for Program Delivery) The total URRD expenditure shall be increased from $350,480 to $500,480 and the overall Agreement amount shall be $515,480. The funding period of availability is July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Wildfire contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis to administer the URRD program outside of the City of Phoenix and the City of Mesa. The URRD services are utilized along with Weatherization program funding to assist persons who are elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, and households with high-energy burdens to reduce energy costs and improve health and safety issues in the home. The Human Services Department is utilizing the provisional indirect rate of 22.2% by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for FY2020 for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Amendment amount is $150,000 of which $11,159 is for salaries and benefits. The total estimated indirect costs are $2,477 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 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 the Maricopa County citizens by providing URRD measures in dwellings occupied by low-income residents, which will assist in reducing energy burdens. 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. This Amendment does not impact the County General funds. Supervisory District: All (C-22-19-041-3-02)

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