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91. ONE-TIME ADDITION TO THE FLEET AND EXEMPTION TO THE CAPITAL FREEZE OF THREE GRANT-FUNDED VEHICLES AND PORTABLE MESSAGE SIGNS Approve a one-time addition to the fleet of three vehicles for Emergency Traffic Management and authorize the capital purchasing freeze exemption for the three vehicles and three portable changeable messages signs for a total cost of $180,000. Of this amount, $165,000 will be reimbursed by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Project MMA09-801 (Project Funds) and $15,000 will be reimbursed by the City of Peoria. Also, approve take home status of these vehicles as they will be utilized to support the current Emergency Traffic Management Program for Maricopa County and used to respond to emergency traffic situations that could occur any time or place and arriving to the destination as soon as possible would be essential for secondary crash reduction and quick clearance. This is a one-time addition to the fleet and these vehicles will be retired at the end of their useful life with no funding from the Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) for their replacement. The Department of Transportation's indirect cost rate of 12.2% is unrecoverable. The total grant amount is for capital expenditures which are not subject to indirect cost recovery. Supervisory District No. 4 (C-91-11-004-V-00)