Vote: approved

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68. AGREEMENT WITH WILDFIRE FOR UTILITY REPAIR REPLACEMENT AND DEPOSIT PROGRAM Approve a revenue Agreement between Wildfire and Maricopa County, and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department. The purpose of this Agreement is for Wildfire to provide the County with funding for the administration of Utility Repair Replacement and Deposit (URRD) and Southwest Gas Repair/Replace (R/R) programs to low-income residents of Maricopa County. The term of the Agreement shall begin on July 1, 2020 and end on June 30, 2021. The Agreement funding amount is $302,740 ($269,700 in URRD and $33,040 in Southwest Gas Repair/Replace). . Wildfire contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis to administer the URRD program in the County outside the City of Phoenix and the City of Mesa. The Human Services Department approved provisional indirect rate for FY2021 is 22.2% from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Agreement amount is $302,740 of which $27,038 is for salaries and benefits. The total estimated indirect costs are $6,002 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, 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 the Maricopa County citizens by providing URRD measures in dwellings occupied by low-income residents, which will assist in reducing energy burdens. The URRD services are utilized along with the 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 their health and safety. 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. Acceptance of this Agreement will not i mpact the County General Fund. Supervisory District: All (C-22-20-050-3-00)

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