Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 2012 -2 -FDLE Grant--Video Equipment — reading text

agrees to maintain an administrative file documenting the meeting of this requirement. For a list of State Information Technology Points of Contact, go to http' / w / ww it oip. goy /default. aspx ?area= policVAnd Practice& page= 1046. 55. Interstate Connectivity To avoid duplicating existing networks or IT systems in any initiatives funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for law enforcement information sharing systems which involve interstate connectivity between jurisdictions, such systems shall employ, to the extent possible, existing networks as the communication backbone to achieve interstate connectivity, unless the subgrant recipient can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Justice Assistance that this requirement would not be cost effective or would impair the functionality of an existing or proposed IT system. 56. Supplanting The subgrant recipient agrees that funds received under this award will not be used to supplant State or local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for law enforcement activities. Page 16 SFV 2012  Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ( JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement 57. Conflict of Interest The subgrant recipient and implementing agency will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or personal gain. 58. Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Act The subgrant recipient will comply with the requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Act of 1970 ( 42 U. S. C. § 4601 et sec.), which govern the treatment of persons displaced as a result of federal and federally- assisted programs. 59. Limitations on Government Employees Financed by Federal Assistance The subgrant recipient will comply with requirements of 5 U. S. C. §§ 1501 -08 and §§ 7324 -28, which limit certain political activities of State or local government employees whose principal employment is in connection with an activity financed in whole or in part by federal assistance. 60. Equal Treatment for Faith Based Organizations The subgrant recipient agrees to comply with the applicable requirements of 28 C. F. R. Part 38, the Department of Justice regulation governing " Equal Treatment for Faith Based Organizations" the " Equal Treatment Regulation'). The Equal Treatment Regulation provides in part that Department of Justice grant awards of direct funding may not be used to fund any inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. Recipients of direct grants may still engage in inherently religious activities, but such activities must be separate in time or place from the Department of Justice funded program, and participation in such activities by individuals receiving services from the grantee or a sub -grantee must be voluntary . The Equal Treatment Regulation also makes clear that. organizations participating in programs directly funded by the Department of Justice are not permitted to discriminate in the provision of services on the basis of a beneficiary' s religion. Notwithstanding any other special condition of this award, faith based organizations may, in some circumstances, consider religion as a basis for employment. See http9 /www. olp.goy /abouUocr /equal fbo. firm. 61. Certification for Employees Working Solely on a Single Federal Award Any project staff that are fully funded by the grant must certify that they worked solely on the grant. The certification must be prepared at least semi annually and must be signed by the employee and by a supervisory official having first hand knowledge of the work performed by the employee. 62. Reporting Potential Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Similar Misconduct The subgrant recipient must promptly refer to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Office of Criminal Justice Grants any credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent, contractor, subcontractor, or other person has either 1) submitted a false claim for grant funds under the False Claims Act; or 2) committed a criminal or civil violation of laws pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct involving grant funds 63. Task Force Training Requirement The subgrant recipient agrees that within 120 days of award, for any law enforcement task force funded with these funds, the task force commander, agency executive, task force officers, and other task force members of equivalent rank, will complete required online ( internet- based) task force training to be provided free of charge through BJA' s Center for Task Force Integrity and Leadership. All current and new task force members are required to complete this training once SFY 2012 Page 17  Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ( JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement during the life of the award, or once every four years if multiple awards include this requirement. This training will address task force effectiveness as well as other key issues including privacy and civil liberties /rights, task force performance measurement, personnel selection, and task force oversight and accountability. Additional information will be provided by BJA regarding the required training and access methods via BJA' s web site and the Center for Task Force Integrity and Leadership ( www. ctfli. org). 64. Funds to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) Unallowable Subgrant recipient understands and agrees that it cannot use any federal funds, either directly or indirectly, in support of any contract or subaward to either the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ( ACORN) or its subsidiaries, without the express prior written approval of OJP. 65. High Risk Subgrant Recipients The subgrant recipient agrees to comply with any additional requirements that may be imposed during the grant performance period if the U. S. Department of Justice determines that the subgrant recipient is a high -risk grantee. Cf. 28 C. F. R. parts 66, 70. 66. Text Messaging While Driving Pursuant to Executive Order 13513, " Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving," 74 Fed. Reg. 51225 ( October 1, 2009), the subgrant recipient is encouraged to adopt and enforce policies banning employees from text messaging while driving any vehicle during the course of performing work funded by this subgrant and to establish workplace safety policies and conduct education, awareness, and other outreach to decrease crashes caused by distracted drivers. 67. Central Contractor Registry (CCR) The subgrant recipient must maintain the currency of its information in the CCR until it submits the final financial report required under this award or receives the final payment, whichever is later. This requires that the subgrant recipient review and update the information at least annually after the initial registration, and more frequently if required by changes in its information or another award term. 68. Maximum Allowable Salary No portion of these federal grant funds shall be used towards any part of the annual cash compensation of any employee of the subgrant recipient whose total annual cash compensation exceeds 110% of the maximum salary payable to a member of the Federal government's Senior Executive Service at an agency with a Certified SES Performance Appraisal System for that year The salary table for SES employees is available at http.// WWW .00m. 00v /oca /10tables /indexSES asp.) A subgrant recipient may compensate an employee at a higher rate, provided the amount in excess of this compensation limitation is paid with non -federal funds.) This limitation on compensation rates allowable under this award may be waived on an individual basis at the discretion of the OJP official indicated in the program announcement under which this award is made. SFY2012 Page 18  CERTIFICATION FORM Recipient Name and Address: city of Fort Walton Beach, loo . home strip Pk, S., Fort wart.. Beach. FL 32AR Grant Title: Radio Communications Improvement Grant Number :^„ cil 6cG 10} Award Amount: $ 9, 768 Contact Person Name and Title: so rria' Hord, Support services Manager Phone Number: ( es o) 533 - 9554 Federal regulations require recipients of financial assistance from the Office of Justice Programs ( OUP), its component agencies, and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services ( COPS) to prepare, maintain on file, submit to OJP for review, and implement an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan ( EEOP) in accordance with 28 CY. R §§ 42. 301 - 308. The regulations exempt some recipients from all of the EEOP requi ants. Other recipients, according to the regulations, must prepare, maintain on file and implement an EEOP, but they do not need to submit the EEOP to DIP for review. Recipients that claim a complete exemption from the EEOP requirement must complete Section A below. Recipients that claim the limited exemption from the submission requirement, must complete Section D below. A recipient should complete either Section A or Section B, not both. If a recipient receives multiple OUP or COPS grants, please complete a form for each grant, ensuring that any EEOP recipient certifies as completed and on file ( ifapphreable) has been prepared within two years ofthe latest grant. Please send the completed futurist to the Office for Civil Rights, Office ofJustice Programs, U. S. Department ofJustice, 810 7e Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20531. For assistance in completing this Corm, please call ( 202) 307- 0690 or TTY ( 202) 307 -2027. Section A- Declaration Claiming Complete Exemption from the EEOP Requirement Please check all the boxer that apply Recipient has less than 50 employees, Recipient is an Indian tribe, Recipient is a non - profit organization, Recipient is an educational institution, or Recipient is a medical institution. R Recipient is receiving an award less than 825, 000 l Sylvia Hanks [ responsible official], certify that the City of Fort Walton Beach [ recipient] is not required to prepare an EEOP for the reasons)