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16. DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF THE COURT FOR COURT INCENTIVE CARD PROGRAMS Approve acceptance and expenditure of cash and in-kind donations totaling $10,000 per year from Friends of the Court, a 503(C) non-profit organization, to Justice Systems Planning and Information, a division of the Assistant County Manager’s Office, to support Superior Court incentive card programs for Problem Solving Courts involving children. The donation originates from Friends of the Court, a 503(C) non-profit organization formed with the mission to positively impact the success of Problem Solving Courts through incentives for program participants. Examples of incentives include passes to family friendly activities, gift cards for haircuts, food, clothes, toys, and movies. Incentives will focus on those programs involving families and children, such as: Dependency Treatment Court (child welfare cases involving children 3 years and younger), Family Drug Court, Juvenile Drug Court, and the Juvenile Transferred Offender Program (adolescents in the adult system). (C-95-15-001-M-00)

Vote — approved

Steve Gallardo	abstain
Jack Sellers	abstain
Bill Gates	abstain
Clint Hickman	abstain
Gallardo PZ	yes
and Clint Hickman	yes
Steve Chucri	yes

22.DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF THE COURTApprove the annual acceptance and expenditure amount not to exceed $30,000 from the Friends of the Court. This action will allow the donated funds to be expended as intended by the Friends of the Court.Also, pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106 approve the following adjustments to the FY 2020 budget:1. A fund transfer of $14,208 from the Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) in the Assistant County Manager 950 budget to the Superior Court Grants Fund (238) in the Super

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22. DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF THE COURT Approve the annual acceptance and expenditure amount not to exceed $30,000 from the Friends of the Court. This action will allow the donated funds to be expended as intended by the Friends of the Court. Also, pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106 approve the following adjustments to the FY 2020 budget: 1. A fund transfer of $14,208 from the Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) in the Assistant County Manager 950 budget to the Superior Court Grants Fund (238) in the Superior Court budget. 2. Increase the expenditure authority for the Assistant County Manager (D950) Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non Recurring (NRNP) by $14,208. 3. Increase the revenue and expenditure authority for the Superior Court (D800) Superior Court Grants Fund (238) Non Recurring (NRNP) by $14,208. 4. Decrease the expenditure authority for the Non Departmental (D470) Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non Recurring (NRNP) by $14,208. 5. Offsetting revenue and expenditure adjustments in Eliminations (D980) Eliminations Fund (900) Non Recurring (NRNP). 6. Increase the revenue and expenditure authority for Superior Court (D800) Superior Court Grants Fund (238) Operating (OPER) by $30,000. 7. Decrease the revenue and expenditure authority for the Non Departmental (D470) Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) Operating (OPER) by $30,000. This is a recurring donation, non-competitive award. There is no in-kind matching requirement, indirect costs, or ongoing contributions associated with these donations and this is not a mandated function. Donations are not local revenues for the purpose of constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of the funds in not prohibited by the budget laws. 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 donation originates from Friends of the Court, a 503(C) non-profit organization formed with the mission to positively impact the success of Problem Solving Courts through incentives for program participants. Examples of incentives include passes to family friendly activities, gift cards for haircuts, food, clothes, toys, and movies. Incentives will focus on those programs involving families and children, such as: Dependency Treatment Court (child welfare cases involving children 3 years and younger), Family Drug Court, Juvenile Drug Court, and the Juvenile Transferred Offender Program (adolescents in the adult system). Note: Beginning in FY 2014, Friends of the Court donations were approved under agenda C-95-15-001-M-00, and the program was administered by Assistant County Manager D950 (950) in Non Departmental Grant Fund (249). Beginning in FY 2020, following receipt of an ethics opinion from the Arizona Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, the program can be transitioned to the Superior Court. (C-80-19-006-2-00)