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36.

Meeting Date:	09/08/2014
Continued Payment for Grant-Funded Crime Victim Advocate
Submitted for:	Martin Cuellar	Submitted By:	Anita Guerra, Sheriff
Department:	Sheriff

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve the continued payment of eligible salary and fringe benefits of the grant funded Crime Victim Advocate under the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Grant No. 1554146, Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grant (VCLG) Program for Sixty (60) days, until receipt of grant contract with the signature by the Texas Attorney General or his designee. Webb County has already been notified of said grant award and returned the grant award contract to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) with the required signature by the authorized official for Webb County, the Webb County Judge, in reference to this grant. [Fund Source 332]

Background:

This grant funds the continuing salary and fringe benefits of the Crime Victim Advocate at the Webb County Sheriff's Office. Since the grant award has already been issued, signed by the Webb County Judge, and remitted back to the Office of the Attorney General, any funds expended for the payment of salary and applicable fringe benefits of the Crime Victim Advocate by Webb County are already eligible for reimbursement. Although the grant contract has already been awarded/issued by the funding agency--the Office of the Attorney General--and the Webb County Judge has already signed the grant award contract, the grant accountant at the Webb County Auditor's Office seeks as a precautionary measure the authorization of the Webb County Commissioners' Court for the continued payment of the Crime Victim Advocate until the receipt of the countersigned award contract, which has the signature of the Texas Attorney General or his designee. Historically, the Office of the Attorney General has taken significant time to return the countersigned contract back to Webb County.

Previous Court Action:

The acceptance of this grant award agreement was approved by the Webb County Commissioners' Court on Monday, August 25, 2014.

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	322
Funding Source:	Grant
Balance:	TBA
Financial Impact:
$42,000.00 grant funding $ 204.34 alternative funding source

Attachments
Auditor's Office Request
VCLG Grant Contract with Webb County Judge's Signature