Vote: approved

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14. ADDITIONAL HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA (HIDTA) GRANT FUNDS FROM ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve acceptance of an increase of $28,571 in grant funds from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC), High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Grant HT18-08-1113 for the Maricopa County Methamphetamine Task Force Initiative XVIII. The term of the Agreement is October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2009.Also, approve an exception to the Technology Finance Program (TFP) that allows the Sheriff’s Office to proceed with the one-time purchase of a Desktop Forensic Computer. This computer will not be connected to the county networks. Forensic computers are stand alone machines or they are connected to each other through a closed loop network (never touching the LAN and not accessible at all to the outside world). This computer will be tracked separately and will be disposed of at the end of its useful life according to applicable terms and regulations with no funding from the general fund for its replacement. Finally , approve an increase to the Sheriff’s Office (500) grant fund (251) Non-Recurring (0001) revenue and expenditure appropriations for FY 2009 not-to-exceed $28,571. These 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. This increase will bring the total award from $396,262.00 to $424,833. The Sheriff’s Office indirect cost rate for FY 2008-09 is 12.2%. Unrecoverable indirect costs associated with this increase are estimated to be $2,147.79. A portion of these expenses are capital equipment purchases and not subject to indirect costs. This funding is from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission and was approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 4, 2008 (C-50-08-554-3-00). The Sheriff's Office has participated in HIDTA grants for approximately ten years. (C-50-08-554-3-01)