Okaloosa County BOCC — October 15, 2013 — reading text

this Agreement, shall allow access to its records at reasonable times to the Division, its employees, and agents. "Reasonable" shall ordinarily mean during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., local time, on Monday through Friday. "Agents" shall include, but not be limited to, auditors retained by the Division. (6) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS (a) The Recipient agrees to maintain financial procedures and support documents, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, to account for the receipt and expenditure of funds under this Agreement. (b) These records shall be available at reasonable times for inspection, review, or audit by state personnel and other personnel authorized by the Division. "Reasonable" shall ordinarily mean normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., local time, Monday through Friday. (c) The Recipient shall provide the Division with the records, reports or financial statements upon request for the purposes of auditing and monitoring the funds awarded under this Agreement. (d) If the Recipient is a non-state entity as defined by Section 215.97, Fla. Stat., it shall comply with the following: If the Recipient expends a total amount of State financial assistance equal to or more than $500,000 in any fiscal year of such Recipient, the Recipient must have a State single or project-specific audit for such fiscal year in accordance with Section 215.97, Fla. Stat.; applicable rules of the Executive Office of the Governor and the Chief Financial Officer; and Chapters 10.550 (local government entities) or 10.650 (nonprofit and for-profit organizations), Rules of the Auditor General. EXHIBIT 1 to this Agreement shows the State financial assistance awarded by this Agreement. In determining the State financial assistance expended in its fiscal year, the Recipient shall include all sources of State financial assistance, including State funds received from the Division, other state agencies, and other non-state entities. State financial assistance does not include Federal direct or pass-through awards and resources received by a non-state entity for Federal program matching requirements. In connection with the audit requirements addressed in this Paragraph 6(d) above, the Recipient shall ensure that the audit complies with the requirements of Section 215.97(8), Fla. Stat. This includes submission of a reporting package as defined by Section 215.97(2)(e), Fla. Stat. and Chapters 10.550 (local governmental entities) or 10.650 (nonprofit and for-profit organizations), Rules of the Auditor General. If the Recipient expends less than $500,000 in State financial assistance in its fiscal year, an audit conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 215.97, Fla. Stat, is not required. In the event that the Recipient expends less than $500,000 in state financial assistance in its fiscal year and elects to have an audit conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 215.97, Fla. Stat, the cost of the audit must be paid from the non-state entity’s resources (i.e., the cost of such an audit must be paid from the Recipient’s resources obtained from other than State entities). Additional information on the Florida Single Audit Act may be found at the following website: https://apps.fldfs.com/fsaa/singleauditact.aspx. (e) Report Submission 1. The annual financial audit report shall include all management letters and the Recipient's response to all findings, including corrective actions to be taken. Packet Pg. 172  2. The annual financial audit report shall include a schedule of financial assistance specifically identifying all Agreement and other revenue by sponsoring agency and Agreement number. 3. Copies of financial reporting packages required under this Paragraph 6 shall be submitted by or on behalf of the Recipient directly to each of the following: Division of Emergency Management Office of Inspector General 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Auditor General’s Office Room 401, Claude Pepper Building 111 West Madison Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1450 4. Any reports, management letter, or other information required to be submitted to the Division of Emergency Management pursuant to this Agreement shall be submitted on time as required under OMB Circular A-133, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 10.550 (local governmental entities) or 10.650 (nonprofit and for-profit organizations), Rules of the Auditor General, as applicable. 5. Recipients, when submitting financial reporting packages to the Division of Emergency Management for audits done in accordance with OMB Circular A-133 or Chapters 10.550 (local governmental entities) or 10.650 (nonprofit and for-profit organizations), Rules of the Auditor General, should indicate the date that the reporting package was delivered to the Recipient in correspondence accompanying the reporting package. (f) If the audit shows that all or any portion of the funds disbursed hereunder were not spent in accordance with the conditions of this Agreement, the Recipient shall be held liable for reimbursement to the Division of all funds not spent in accordance with these applicable regulations and Agreement provisions within thirty days after the Division has notified the Recipient of such non- compliance. (g) The Recipient shall have all audits completed in accordance with Section 215.97, Fla. Stat. by an independent certified public accountant (IPA) who shall either be a certified public accountant or a public accountant licensed under Chapter 473, Fla. Stat. The IPA shall state that the audit complied with the applicable provisions noted above. The audit must be submitted to the Division no later than nine (9) months from the end of the Recipient’s fiscal year. (7) REPORTS (a) If all required deliverables are not sent to the Division or are not completed in a manner acceptable to the Division, the Division may withhold further payments until they are completed or may take other action as stated in Paragraph (11) REMEDIES. "Acceptable to the Division" means that the work product was completed in accordance with the Scope of Work - Schedule of Deliverables - Schedule of Payments. (b) The Recipient shall provide additional program updates or information that may be required by the Division. (8) MONITORING. The Recipient shall monitor its performance under this Agreement, as well as that of its subcontractors and/or consultants who are paid from funds provided under this Agreement, to ensure that time schedules are being met, are being accomplished within the specified time periods, and other performance goals are being achieved. A review shall be done for each function or activity in Attachment A and B to this Agreement. In addition to reviews of audits conducted in accordance with paragraph (6) above, monitoring procedures may include, but not be limited to, on-site visits by Division staff, limited Scope of Work audits, and/or other procedures. The Recipient agrees to comply and cooperate with any monitoring procedures/processes deemed appropriate by the Division. In the event that the Division determines that Packet Pg. 173 a limited audit of the Recipient is appropriate, the Recipient agrees to comply with any additional instructions provided by the Division to the Recipient regarding such audit. The Recipient further agrees to comply and cooperate with any inspections, reviews, investigations or audits deemed necessary by the Florida Chief Financial Officer or Auditor General. In addition, the Division will monitor the performance and financial management by the Recipient throughout the contract term to ensure timely completion of all tasks. (9) LIABILITY (a) Unless Recipient is a State agency or subdivision, as defined in Section 768.28, Fla. Stat., the Recipient is solely responsible to parties it deals with in carrying out the terms of this Agreement, and shall hold the Division harmless against all claims of whatever nature by third parties arising from the work performance under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Recipient agrees that it is not an employee or agent of the Division, but is an independent contractor. (b) Any Recipient which is a state agency or subdivision, as defined in Section 768.28, Fla. Stat., agrees to be fully responsible for its negligent or tortious acts or omissions which result in claims or suits against the Division, and agrees to be liable for any damages proximately caused by the acts or omissions to the extent set forth in Section 768.28, Fla. Stat. Nothing herein is intended to serve as a waiver of sovereign immunity by any Recipient to which sovereign immunity applies. Nothing herein shall be construed as consent by a state agency or subdivision of the State of Florida to be sued by third parties in any matter arising out of any contract. (10) DEFAULT. If any of the following events occur ("Events of Default"), all obligations on the part of the Division to make further payment of funds shall, if the Division elects, terminate and the Division has the option to exercise any of its remedies set forth in Paragraph (11). However, the Division may make payments or partial payments after any Events of Default without waiving the right to exercise such remedies, and without becoming liable to make any further payment: (a) If any warranty or representation made by the Recipient in this Agreement or any previous agreement with the Division is or becomes false or misleading in any respect, or if the Recipient fails to keep or perform any of the obligations, terms or covenants in this Agreement or any previous agreement with the Division and has not cured them in timely fashion, or is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under this Agreement; (b) If material adverse changes occur in the financial condition of the Recipient at any time during the term of this Agreement and the Recipient fails to cure this adverse change within thirty days from the date written notice is sent by the Division. (c) If any reports required by this Agreement have not been submitted to the Division or have been submitted with incorrect, incomplete or insufficient information; (d) If the Recipient has failed to perform and complete on time any of its obligations under this Agreement. (11) REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs, then the Division may, after thirty calendar days written notice to the Recipient and upon the Recipient's failure to cure within those thirty days, exercise any one or more of the following remedies, either concurrently or consecutively: (a) Terminate this Agreement, provided that the Recipient is given at least thirty days prior written notice of the termination. The notice shall be effective when placed in the United States, first class mail, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail-return receipt requested, to the address in paragraph (13) herein; (b)