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County Administrator's Report 11. 19.
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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 Subaward and Grant Agreement Number A0114 - Jason Rogers, Public Safety Department Director
That the Board take the following action regarding the State-Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement Number 0114:
A. Approve the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), State-Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement providing funds, in the amount of $105,806, to assist in enhancing 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 of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021;
B. Authorize the Chairman or Vice Chairman to execute the Grant Agreement; and
C. Authorize Eric Gilmore, Emergency Management Manager, to execute and certify each Grant quarterly report, reimbursement request, Grant close-out report, and any subsequent document, as appropriate, to implement this Grant while certifying the following:
"By signing this report, I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that the report is true, complete, accurate, and the expenditures, disbursement and cash receipts are for the purposes and objectives set forth in the terms and conditions of the State award. I am aware that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims or otherwise. (U.S. Code Title 18, Section 1001 and Title 21 Sections 3729-3730 and 3801-3812)."
The County Attorney's Office has requested that the Board be made aware of the following language within the Agreement:
Section (18) Mandated Conditions and Other Laws, Subsection (b) that "This Agreement shall be construed under the State of Florida, and venues for any actions arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Circuit Court of Leon County."
[Funding: Fund 110, Other Grants and Project Funds, Cost Center 330405] |
| BACKGROUND: |
| The State of Florida created the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance (EMPA) Grant in 1993 to provide funding 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 2020-2021, with a Contract period of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. |
| 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 the amount either equal to the average of the previous three years' level of County general revenue funding of the County Emergency Management Agency or the level of funding for the County Emergency Management Agency for the last Fiscal Year, whichever is lower." "Recipient's general revenue funding for 911 services, emergency medical services, law enforcement, criminal justice, public works, or other services outside of 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 Recipients' Emergency Management Agency." |
| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
| Kristin Hual, Senior Assistant County Attorney, has reviewed the Agreement and approved it as to form and legal sufficiency. |
| PERSONNEL: |
| N/A |
| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
| Board of County Commissioners' Policies require Board approval for Grant Agreements. |
| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
| Eric Gilmore, Division of Emergency Management Manager, will oversee implementation upon approval of the Agreement. This Grant is being coordinated with FDEM. |
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