2023 GRIC AWARD FOR MARICOPA COUNTY - MCSO.PDF

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
Executive Office of the Governor & Lieutenant Governor
“Gila River Strong”

Monica Lynn Antone
Lieutenant, Governor

Stephen Roe Lewis

Governor

NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD

July 19, 2023

The Honorable Clint Hickman

Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson Street, 10th Floor

Phoenix, AZ, 85003

Dear Chairman Hickman,

The Gila River Indian Community is pleased to inform you that the grant application to the State
Shared Revenue Grants Program for Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has been approved as
follows:

Award Date: July 19, 2023

Grantee: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Project Title: Expansion of Drone Program 2023
Award Amount: $41,331.00

Grant Term: 8/1/2023 - 7/31/2024 1 year grant
Payment Terms: $41,331/1

Enclosed for your records is a signed resolution authorizing the approval of this grant by the Gila
River Indian Community, Community Council. Payment for the 2023 grant amount will be mailed
to the Municipality under separate cover. Additionally, a Grant Agreement will be sent to the
contact person listed on the grant application.

Congratulations on the award! We are excited about the opportunity to support your efforts in
providing beneficial services for citizens in the State of Arizona.

Sincerely,

S| a.

Stephen R, Lewis, Governor
Gila River Indian Community

ce: David Taylor, Drone and Emerging Technologies Program Manager

525 West Guu Ki « P.O. Box 97 + Sacaton, Arizona 85147
Telephone: 520-562-9841 + Fax: 520-562-9849 - Email: executivemail@gric.nsn.us

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
SACATON, AZ 85147

RESOLUTION GR-080-23

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE GILA RIVER
INDIAN COMMUNITY’S STATE SHARED GAMING REVENUES TO
MARICOPA COUNTY FOR THE MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
DRONE PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the Gila River Indian Community (the “Community”) is a federally
recognized Indian tribe and sovereign nation; and

WHEREAS, the Gila River Indian Community Council (the “Community Council”) is
the legislative governing body of the Community; and

WHEREAS, the passage of Proposition 202 by the voters of Arizona in November 2002
set the stage for a new gaming compact between the State of Arizona and
the Community, including a provision for the sharing of gaming revenues
with the State of Arizona; and

WHEREAS, the Community has entered into a fully executed compact with the State of
Arizona providing for gaming within the Community; and

WHEREAS, the compact allows that up to twelve percent (12%) of the Community’s
state-shared revenue can be retained by the Community for distributions to
cities, towns, or counties for government services that benefit the general
public; and

WHEREAS, the Community Council, as an exercise of the Community’s sovereignty,
decides the manner in which those funds distributed to cities, towns, and
counties should be disbursed so as to improve the overall quality of life of
residents of Arizona; and

WHEREAS, the Community Council has reviewed a proposed application from Maricopa
County, AZ for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Drone Program.

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
RESOLUTION GR-080-23
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Gila River Indian Community
desires to support this proposal, in part, for a term of one year and hereby
approves a grant in the amount of $41,331.00 (Forty-One Thousand Three
Hundred Thirty-One Dollars) to be paid by October 25, 2023 to Maricopa
County for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Drone Program,
DJI M300 RTK drone set.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Community’s Office of Special Funding is
authorized to sign and submit such documents as are necessary to effectuate
and administer this grant.

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Governor, or in his absence, the Lieutenant
Governor, is hereby authorized to sign and execute such documents as are
necessary to fulfill the intent of this resolution.

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to authority contained in Article XV, of the amended Constitution and Bylaws of
the Gila River Indian Community, ratified by the Tribe January 22, 1960 and approved by
the Secretary of the Interior on March 17, 1960, the foregoing Resolution was adopted on
the 19 day of July, 2023, at a Regular Community Council Meeting held at the
Governance Center, Sacaton, AZ, at which a quorum of 12 members were present by a
vote of: 12 FOR; 0 OPPOSE; @ ABSTAIN; 4 ABSENT; 1 VACANCY.

ATTEST:

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