Vote: adopted

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7. APPLY AND ACCEPT CONSTABLES ETHICS, STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD GRANT FOR PURCHASE OF LAPTOP COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE AGREEMENT Approve an exception to the Technology Finance Program and approve the application and acceptance of grant funds from the Constable Ethics, Standards and Training Board, in the amount of $3,772.67, for the purchase of one laptop computer and software agreements. The grant award begins on December 9, 2009, and ends on June 30, 2010. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant allows for a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 which may be incurred by the Constables or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the Constable’s composite indirect cost rate at 10.9%, or $411.00. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $411.00 Pursuant to A.R.S. 42-17106(B) approve revenue and expenditure appropriation adjustments to the Constables (250) General Fund (100) Non-Recurring/Non-Project (0001) budget associated with the grant in the amount of $3,772 for FY 2009-10. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, therefore, expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. This budget adjustment does not alter the budget constraining the expenditure of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. 42-17107. The applicant for this grant will be purchasing one laptop computer and software agreements. This laptop will be used in the field in conjunction with the Constable Civil Arrest Program. (C-25-10-006-G-00)