Vote: approved

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66. AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE APS ENERGY SUPPORT PROGRAM Approve a revenue Agreement between Arizona Public Service (APS) and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department (MCHSD). The purpose of this Agreement is for APS to provide the County with funding for the enrollment of low-income residents in the APS Energy Support Program. The Agreement is effective from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020. The funding amount for the Agreement term is $131,000 for the provision of services. Receipt of funds under this Agreement is 1st time funding. APS reserves the right to extend or allow expiration of this Agreement into the future. APS selected to contract, through a non-competitive process, with the County because the Human Services Department Community Services Division provides utility assistance to low-income households. The Community Services Division is best situated to enroll households into the APS Energy Support Program which will assist with a reduction to utility costs. The Human Services Department approved provisional indirect rate for FY2020 is 22.2% from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Agreement amount is $131,000 of which $95,418 is for salaries and ERE. The total recovered allowable indirect is $21,183 and is fully recoverable. Receipt of the funds from APS does not require in-kind or match funds and no future or ongoing contribution by the County at the end of the Agreement term. The services provide under this Agreement are not a mandated function but provide a benefit to the citizens by providing eligible low-income residents with discount with their monthly utility bill. This Agreement 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 the 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-22-20-001-3-00)

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