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Florida Department of <br />Law Enforcement <br />Gerald M. Bailey <br />Commissioner <br />NOV 2 22013 <br />Business Support <br />Office of Criminal Justice Grants <br />Post Office Box 1489 <br />Tallahassee, FL 32302-1489 <br />(850) 617-1250 <br />www.fdle.state.fl.us <br />The Honorable Joseph Flescher <br />Chairman <br />Indian River County Board of Commissioners <br />1801 27th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3388 <br />Re: Contract No. 2014-JAGC-INRI-1-E5-230 <br />Dear Chairman Flescher: <br />Rick Scott, Governor <br />Pam Bondi, Attorney General <br />Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer <br />Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture <br />The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is pleased to award an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance <br />Grant to your unit of government in the amount of $ 10,575.00 for the project entitled, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />DRUG TESTING PROGRAM. These funds shall be utilized for the purpose of reducing crime and improving public <br />safety. A copy of the approved subgrant application with the referenced contract number is enclosed for your file. All <br />correspondence with the Department should always refer to the project number and title. <br />As you may be aware, information from subgrants and performance reports are currently provided to the Department <br />of Justice under the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) and Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency <br />Act (FFATA) to meet current federal transparency requirements. However, the State of Florida recently passed <br />legislation requiring all contracts, including grants for state or federal financial assistance, be provided to the <br />Department of Financial Services via the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACTS). This grant <br />contract and all subsequent correlating information including performance reports, expenditure reports, grant <br />amendments, etc. are provided to FACTS to meet requirements under Chapter 2013-54 and 2013-154 Laws of <br />Florida for transparency in government spending. If this grant agreement contains confidential or exempt information <br />not subject to disclosure under the public records law, Chapter 119, F.S., (such as the names of personnel and <br />disclosure of equipment for certain undercover operations, etc. that may result in officer names or other sensitive <br />information on grant documents and expenditure reports) please contact the Office of Criminal Justice Grants for <br />information on requesting exemption from public records disclosure. <br />Please complete and return the enclosed Certification of Acceptance to the Office of Criminal Justice Grants within 30 <br />calendar days from the date of award. This certificate constitutes official acceptance of the award and must be <br />received by the Department prior to the reimbursement of any project expenditures. We look forward to working with <br />you on this project. Please contact Planning Manager Annamarie Whatley at (850) 617-1250 if you have any <br />questions or we can be of further assistance. <br />Sincerely, <br />Petrina Tuttle Herring <br />Administrator <br />PTH/al <br />Enclosures <br />Service - Integrity • Respect - Quality <br />O <br />20 3 <br />WA <br />