Vote: adopted

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46. APPLY AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROMETER (GC/MS) Approve the application and acceptance of grant funds from National Institute of Justice-Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program, (2008-91938-AZ-CD), in the not-to-exceed amount of $95,000 for the purpose of purchasing a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) for drug quantitations. The grant award begins on October 1, 2008 and ends on September 30, 2009. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant allows a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 which may be incurred by the Office of Medical Examiner or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the Office of Medical Examiner's composite indirect cost rate at 24.8%, or $23,560. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $23,560.Upon receipt of funds and pursuant to ARS §42-17106(B), approve revenue and expenditure appropriation adjustments to the Office of Medical Examiner (290) Office of the Medical Examiner (224) Non-recurring Non-Project Function (0001) associated with the grant in the amount of $95,000 for FY 2009. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and 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. §42-17105. The grant funding deviates from the Maricopa County Policy for Administering Grants (A2505) which requires all departments/special districts to obtain Board of Supervisors approval prior to submitting an application for grant funding. The Office of the Medical Examiner applied for grant funding without the required Board of Supervisor approval and is requesting retroactive approval of the application. (C-29-09-006-G-00)