Okaloosa County BOCC — August 5, 2014 — Judge Ben Gordon Visitation Center Grant Appl — reading text

management letter findings. Incomplete audit reports will not be accepted by the Department. c. The subgrant recipient shall have all audits completed by an Independent Public Accountant (IPA). The IPA shall be either a Certified Public Accountant or a Licensed Public Accountant. d. The subgrant recipient shall take appropriate corrective action within six (6) months of the issue date of the audit report in instances of noncompliance with federal laws and regulations. e. The subgrant recipient shall ensure that audit working papers are made available to the Department, or its designee, upon request for a period of three (3) years from the date the audit report is issued, unless extended in writing by the Department. f. Subgrant recipients that expend less than $500,000 in Federal awards during a fiscal year are exempt from the audit requirements of OMB Circular A-133 for that fiscal year. In this case, written notification, which can be in the form of the “Certification of Audit Exemption” form, shall be provided to the Department by the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, that the subgrant recipient is exempt. This notice shalt be provided to the Department no later than March 1 following the end of the fiscal year. g. If this agreement is closed out without an audit, the Department reserves the right to recover any disallowed costs identified in an audit completed after such closeout. h. The completed audit report or written notification of audit exemption should be sent to the following address: Florida Department of Law Enforcement Office of Criminal Justice Grants 2331 Phillips Road Tallahassee, Florida 32308 18. Performance of Agreement Provisions In the event of defauit, non-compliance or violation of any provision of this agreement by the subgrant recipient, the subgrant recipient's consultants and suppliers, or both, the Department shall impose sanctions it deems appropriate including withholding payments and cancellation, termination, or suspension of the agreement in whole or in part. In such event, the Department SFY 2013 Page 6 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement shall notify the subgrant recipient of its decision thirty (80) days in advance of the effective date of such sanction. The subgrant recipient shall be paid only for those services satisfactorily performed prior to the effective date of such sanction. 19. Commencement of Project a. If a project is not operational within 60 days of the original start date of the award period, the subgrant recipient must report by letter to the Department the steps taken to initiate the project, the reasons for delay, and the expected start date. If a project is not operational within 90 days of the original start date of the award period, the subgrant recipient must submit a second statement to the Department explaining the implementation delay. Upon receipt of the ninety (90) day letter, the Department shall determine if the reason for delay is justified or shali, at its discretion, unilaterally terminate this agreement and re- obligate subgrant funds to other Department approved projects. The Department, where warranted by extenuating circumstances, may extend the starting date of the project past the ninety (90) day period, but only by formal written adjustment to this agreement. 20. Excusable Delays a. Except with respect to defaults of consultants, the subgrant recipient shail not be in default by reason of any failure in performance of this agreement according to its terms (including any failure by the subgrant recipient to make progress in the execution of work hereunder which endangers such performance) if such failure arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the subgrant recipient. Such causes include, but are not limited to, acts of God or of the public enemy, acts of the government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidernics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather, but in every case, the failure to perform shall be beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the subgrant recipient. If failure to perform is caused by failure of a consultant to perform or make progress, and if such failure arises out of causes beyond the control of subgrant recipient and consultant, and without fault or negligence of either of them, the subgrant recipient shall not be deemed in default, unless: (1) Supplies or services to be furnished by the consultant were obtainable from other sources, (2) The Department ordered the subgrant recipient in writing to procure such supplies or services from other sources, and (83) The subgrant recipient failed to reasonably comply with such order. Upon request of the subgrant recipient, the Department shall ascertain the facts and the extent of such failure, and if the Department determines that any failure to perform was occasioned by one or more said causes, the delivery schedule shall be revised accordingly. 21. Written Approval of Changes in this Approved Agreement (Grant Adjustments) a. SFY 2013 Subgrant recipients must obtain prior approval from the Department for major substantive changes such as changes in project activities, target populations, service providers, implementation schedules, project director, and designs or research plans set forth in the approved agreement and for any budget changes that will transfer more than 10% of the total budget between budget categories. Page 7 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement b. Subgrant recipients may transfer up to 10% of the total budget between current, approved budget categories without prior approval as long as the funds are transferred to an existing line item c. Under no circumstances can transfers of funds increase the total budgeted award. d. Requests for changes to the subgrant agreement must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing agency's chief official or the chief official's designee. e. Any certifications required for the requested changes, such as Sole Source, ADP Justification, Privacy Certification forms, and Confidential Funds certifications, must be signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing agency chief official or someone with formal, written signature authority for the chief official. 22. Disputes and Appeals a. The Department shall make its decision in writing when responding to any disputes, disagreements, or questions of fact arising under this agreement and shall distribute its response to all concemed parties. The subgrant recipient shall proceed diligently with the performance of this agreement according to the Department's decision. b. If the subgrant recipient appeals the Department's decision, the appeal also shalt be made in writing within twenty-one (21) calendar days to the Department's clerk (agency clerk). The subgrant recipient's right to appeal the Department's decision is contained in § 120, Fla. Stat., and in procedures set forth in Rule 28-106.104, Florida Administrative Code. Failure to appeal within this time frame constitutes a waiver of proceedings under § 120, Fla. Stat. 23. Conferences and Inspection of Work Conferences may be held at the request of any parly to this agreement. At any time, a representative of the Department, of the U.S. Department of Justice, or the Auditor General of the State of Florida, have the right of visiting the project site to monitor, inspect and assess work performed under this agreement. 24. Access to Records a. The Department of Law Enforcement, the Auditor General of the State of Florida, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Comptroller General or any of their duly authorized fepresentatives, shall have access to books, documents, papers and records of the subgrant recipient, implementing agency and contractors for the purpose of audit and examination according to the Financial Guide and the Common Rule. b. The Department reserves the right to unilaterally terminate this agreement if the subgrant recipient, implementing agency, or contractor refuses to allow public access to all documents, papers, letters, or other materials subject to provisions of § 119, Fla. Stat., and made or received by the subgrant recipient or its contractor in conjunction with this agreement. c. The subgrant recipient will give the awarding agency or the General Accounting Office, through any authorized representative, access to and the right to examine all paper or electronic records related to the financial assistance. 25. Retention of Records The subgrant recipient shall maintain all records and documents for a minimum of five (5) years from the date of the final financial statement and be available for audit and public disclosure upon request of duly authorized persons. The subgrant recipient shall comply with State of Florida General Records Schedule GS1-SL for State and Local Government Agencies: dlis.dos. state fl.us/barm/genschedules/GS1-SL.pdf. SFY 2013 Page 8 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement 26. Personnel Changes Upon implementation of the project, in the event there is a change in Chief Officials for the Subgrant recipient or Implementing Agency, project staff must notify the help desk for FDLE’s online grants management system, SIMON (Subgrant Information Management Online) so that the organization can be updated in SIMON. If the project director changes, a grant adjustment must be entered in SIMON to reflect the change. 27. Background Check Whenever a background screening for employment or a background security check is required by law for employment, unless otherwise provided by law, the provisions of § 435, Fla. Stat. shall apply. a. All positions in programs providing care to children, the developmentally disabled, or vulnerable adults for 15 hours or more per week; all permanent and temporary employee positions of the central abuse hotline; and ail persons working under contract who have access to abuse records are deemed to be persons and positions of special trust or responsibility and require employment screening pursuant to § 435, Fla. Stat., using the level 2 standards set forth in that chapter. b. All employees in positions designated by law as positions of trust or responsibility shall be required to undergo security background investigations as a condition of employment and continued employment. For the purposes of the subsection, security background investigations shall include, but not be limited to, employment history checks, fingerprinting for all purposes and checks in this subsection, statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies. (1) Any person who is required to undergo such a security background investigation and who refuses to cooperate in such investigation or refuses to submit fingerprints shall be disqualified for employment in such position or, if employed, shall be dismissed. (2) Such background investigations shall be conducted at the expense of the employing agency or employee. When fingerprinting is required, the fingerprints of the employee or applicant for employment shall be taken by the employing agency or by an authorized law enforcement officer and submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement for processing and forwarding, when requested by the employing agency, to the United States Department of Justice for processing. The employing agency shall reimburse the Department of Law Enforcement for any costs incurred by it in the processing of the fingerprints. 28. Drug Court Projects A Drug Court Project must comply