FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION IGA.PDF

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR 
REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER SERVICES 
BETWEEN MARJCOPA COUNTY, ARJZONA 
AND THE FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION 
This 
Regional 
Disaster 
and 
Emergency 
Management 
Services 
Agreement 
("Agreement") goes into effect on the 2nd day of February 2025 . (the "Effective Date''), by and 
between Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona ("County"), and the Fort 
McDowell Yavapai Nation, a federally recognized tribal government and a "public agency". 
STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION 
County and Public Agency are empowered by A.RS. sections 11-951 et seq., A.R.S. 
section 26-308 (A) and (B), and the Constitution and Bylaws of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (2021 ), 
Article XV to enter into this Agreement. 
BACKGROUND 
WHEREAS, there is an existing possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented 
size and destructiveness resulting from natural, technological, national security or other causes; and, 
WHEREAS, the parties mutually desire that preparation shall be adequate to provide for 
the common defense against disaster; and, 
WHEREAS, the parties mutually desire to assure the coordinated preparation and 
execution of emergency management programs and plans for the preservation of life and property when 
disasters occur in accordance with the guidance set forth in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207; Post Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295; applicable Federal Emergency 
Management Guides and Directives; and applicable State of Arizona Emergency Plans: 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, it is 
hereby agreed by and between County and Public Agency as follows: 
DEFINITIONS 
1.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "public agency'· shall have the same definition as that
contained in A.R.S. § 11-951.
2.
·'Participating Public Agencies'' means those public agencies, which have active agreements for
Disaster and Emergency Management Services with County.
3.
"Total Budget" means the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management's General Fund
and Grant Fund expenditure budgets as adopted by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, plus
baseline internal/central service charges, for the Preceding Fiscal Year. Budgeted fund balance
expenditures, annual maintenance cost for the comprehensive emergency management tool and capital
items are not included in the "Total Budgeted" calculation.
4.
"Local Budget'· means the Total Budget less any contributions or reimbursements to that budget from
the federal government.