Vote — approved

Thomas Galvin	yes
Kate Brophy McGee	yes
Mark Stewart	yes
Debbie Lesko	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes

Ayes: Thomas Galvin, Kate Brophy McGee, Mark Stewart, Debbie Lesko, Steve Gallardo

Item Text

85. GRANT FUNDS FROM THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ADJUSTMENT (Supervisory District: 2) Approve and accept the receipt of grant funds from Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM), for hazardous vegetation mitigation within McDowell Mountain Regional Park, in the amount not-to-exceed $188,500 (“Grant”), approved as an appropriation adjustment increasing the FY26 Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department (“Department”) revenue and expenditure budgets and delegate the authority to the Director of the Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department to execute all documents related to these grant funds. This funding opportunity was awarded competitively. This Agreement shall be effective immediately upon signature by all parties and will terminate on December 31, 2027. The grant is one-time for a period through June 30, 2027. The Department will provide $54,890 in cash match for the project. These costs will be absorbed by the Department’s existing one-time Fire-Fuel Reduction funding through the General Fund (100). The Department’s indirect cost rate for FY26 is 23.53%. Indirect costs are not recoverable and calculated to be $44,354 over the grant period. The Parks and Recreation Department Enhancement Fund will absorb these costs. Upon receipt of funds and pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106(B), approve the appropriation adjustment increasing the FY26 Parks and Recreation Department (D300) Parks and Recreation Grant Fund (230) Non-Recurring Non-Project (NRNP) revenue and expenditure by $188,500. 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 expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. (C-30-26-008-X-00)