MARICOPA - ADOA_COUNTIES AMENDMENT (2023-10-18).PDF

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Katie Hobbs 
Governor 
 
 
 
Ben Henderson 
Interim Director 
 
 
 
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
        100 NORTH FIFTEENTH AVENUE • SUITE 302 
         PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 
        (602) 542-1500 
 
 
 
AMENDMENT #1 
 
The Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into on December 13, 2022 by and between the Arizona 
Department of Administration (ADOA) and the Maricopa County (“Maricopa County”) Agreement 
number DBFFY23L22CH31308 is hereby amended as follows: 
 
Purpose of the Amendment 
 
 
Maricopa County and ADOA enter into this Amendment pursuant to Laws 2023, Ch.121, Sec. 110 of 
the First Regular Session. Whereas $53,405,000.00 was appropriated from the Border Security Fund 
established by section 26-105, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Arizona 
Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to allocate to the ADOA for one-time payments to line-
level deputies and detention officers in accordance with the provisions of Laws 2022, Chapter 313, 
Section 110. 
 
Amendment #1 
 
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Scope of Services 
The ADOA shall provide a $10,000 one time payment to line-level deputies and detention officers 
employed by Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as of May 1st, 2022.  The Maricopa County 
Sheriff’s Office shall distribute the payment to eligible employees in equal quarterly installments over 
two years. Due to the lag in the availability of the funds to the Pima county, the equivalent of two 
quarterly payments may be made in either the 4th quarter of 2022 or the 1st quarter of 2023. 
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will be eligible for up to $3,135,000.00 and for the purposes 
of providing a one-time recruitment payment not to exceed $5,000 per vacancy as of May 1, 2022, 
the amount of which to be determined at the discretion of each individual Sheriff, for line-level deputies 
and detention officers at the County Sheriff’s department hired into the agency.  The Maricopa County 
may use any excess funding allocated for retention for recruitment payments. 
The Maricopa County agrees that all retention-related payments shall be disbursed on or before 
October 30, 2023. 
Line level deputies and detention officers employed by the county sheriff's office are defined as the 
below: 
Full-time staff either under general supervision or in a first-level supervisory role.  Line-level 
deputy and detention officers may include those that have a rank one level above the first-

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level supervisory role, but act in the same capacity as the first-level supervisor due to staffing 
shortages. 
In the event a deputy or detention officer separates from their agency prior to receiving all eligible 
quarterly payments, the deputy or detention officer will no longer be entitled to the remainder of the 
unpaid balance. 
A deputy or detention officer who resigns from their agency prior to receiving all eligible quarterly 
payments and takes a position with another sheriff’s office in Arizona is not eligible for a recruitment 
payment from the new agency. 
In the event an eligible employee is promoted to an ineligible position between May 1, 2022 and April 
30, 2024, the employee will continue to receive the remainder of the quarterly payments as part of 
the original retention agreement. 
An employee who has received any part of the recruitment or retention payment from one sheriff’s 
agency and transfers to another sheriff's agency is ineligible for the recruitment payment from the 
new agency.  
All other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged.  
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to the Agreement: 
 
Maricopa County: 
ADOA: 
 
 
Maricopa County 
Arizona Department of Administration 
  
 
 
 
By:  _____________________________ 
By: ______________________________ 
 Bill Gates, Chairman of Board of 
Supervisors 
      Elizabeth Alvarado-Thorson,  
      Cabinet Executive Officer,  
      Executive Deputy Director 
 
 
 
Date: ___________________________  
Date: ____________________________