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County Administrator's Report 19. 3.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Budget & Finance Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning a State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management, State-Funded Subgrant Agreement - Michael D. Weaver, Public Safety Department Director
That the Board take the following action regarding the State-Funded Subgrant Agreement, Contract #14-BG-XX-01-27-01-017:
A. Approve the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), Emergency Preparedness and Assistance (EMPA) State-Funded Subgrant Agreement, providing funds in the amount of $105,806, to assist in enhancing the daily and emergency operations of the Escambia County Division of Emergency Management and to assist in the local disaster planning and community outreach efforts for the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014; and
B. Authorize the Chairman or Vice-Chairman to execute the Subgrant Agreement and all related documents as required to implement the Subgrant.
[Funding: Fund 110, Other Grants and Projects, Cost Center 330412] |
| BACKGROUND: |
The State of Florida created the EMPA in 1993 to provide funding assistance to local governments and other service organizations to improve disaster preparedness and public education. This grant is providing funds in the amount of $105,806 for fiscal year 2013, with a contract period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
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| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
The grant funds are designed as an operational cost reimbursement to the Escambia County Division of Emergency Management, with an indirect match requirement, "at a minimum, the recipient shall continue to provide other funding for the Recipient's Emergency Management Agency at an amount equal to either: (1) the average of the previous three years' level of county general revenue funding of the Recipient's Emergency Management Agency; or (2) the level of funding for the Recipient's Emergency Management Agency for the last fiscal year, whichever figure is lower (Rule Chapter 9G-19.011, Florida Administrative Code.) Recipient's general revenue funding for 911 services, emergency medical services, law enforcement, criminal justice, public works, or other services outside the local emergency management agency as defined by Section 252.38, Florida Statutes, shall not be included in determining the "level of county funding of the Recipient's Emergency Management Agency." "The Recipient shall certify compliance with Rule Chapter 9G-19, Florida Administrative Code by its execution of this Agreement, and as a condition precedent to receipt of funding."
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| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
Kristin Hual, Assistant County Attorney, has reviewed the agreement and approved it as to form and legal sufficiency.
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| PERSONNEL: |
N/A
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| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
Board of County Commissioners' Policies require grant agreements be approved by it.
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| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
John Dosh, Division of Emergency Management Manager, will oversee implementation upon approval of the agreement. This grant is being coordinated with the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
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