Vote: approved

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13. SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATION GRANTS FOR FY 2008-09 Accept the FY 2008-09 grants and associated revenue for Superior Court Administration of the Judicial Branch in the amount of $1,412,709 total. The indirect costs (based upon a rate of 38.6% certified by the Dept of Finance) of $543,900 are not fully recoverable from the funding, as most of the grants for FY 2008-09 do not allow for indirect cost recovery. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of constitutional expenditure limitation, and, therefore, expenditure of these revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. Administrative Order #95-50, approved by Presiding Judge Robert D. Myers on June 29, 1995, adopted for the Judicial Branch a policy for the administration of grant funding. The policy, identical in form and substance to policy A2505 "Policy for Administering Grants" and all revisions adopted by the Board of Supervisors for all County departments, states that the Presiding Judge will make a presentation to the Board of Supervisors on an annual basis of the Judicial Branch's grants. A summary of each grant has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the policy. The amount of the grants and associated revenue for Superior Court Administration for FY 2008-09 is $1,412,709 total. The amount of the indirect cost recovery is $543,900 total. The amount of unrecoverable indirect costs is $540,259 total. One grantor (the Office of the Governor) allows for cost recovery of a maximum of 5% ($3,641)--the other grants for FY 2008-09 do not allow for indirect cost recovery, as reflected in the funding agreements (copies of the agreements have been provided to Dept of Finance staff). (C-80-09-005-G-00)