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BOOK 100 PAGV0036 <br />FY 1997/98 ANTI-DRUG ABUSE GRANT FUNDING CERTIFICATION <br />OF PARTICIPATION <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 18, 1997: <br />TO: Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />DATE: March 18, 1997 <br />SUBJECT: FY 1997/98 ANTI-DRUG ABUSE GRANT FUNDING <br />CERTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION <br />FROM: Joseph A. Bard <br />OMB Director <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The Budget Office received a letter dated March 12, 1997 from the Florida Department of <br />Community Affairs (FDCA) stating that Indian River County has been allocated $157,777 in grant <br />funds for FY 1997/98, to fund local anti-drug abuse projects. The letter also requested the Board <br />to serve as the coordinating unit of government in applying for the funds. The Substance Abuse <br />Advisory Council will be soliciting for and receiving grant applications as well as evaluating those <br />applications and recommending to the Board what projects to fund and their funding levels. The <br />Substance Abuse Advisory Council's recommendations will be brought to the Board for approval in <br />May. The grant's eighth year will continue to be funded 75% from the state and 25% from the <br />County. The budgetary impact on the county will not exceed $50,000, especially since staff has <br />requested all matching funds for the 1997/98 fiscal year to be made by the grant applicants rather than <br />the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners would still have to match <br />the Substance Abuse Council portion since the grant requirement recommended the Board of County <br />Commissioners set up the council to administer the grant. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends the Board accept the invitation to serve as the coordinating unit of government in <br />the FDCA AntiDrug Abuse act Grant Program and authorize the Board Chairman to sign the <br />Certification of Participation naming Joseph A. Baird, Budget Director, as the contact person. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Tippin, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Ginn, the Board unanimously (4-0, <br />Commissioner Macht being absent) accepted the <br />invitation to serve as the coordinating unit of <br />government in the FDCA Anti -Drug Abuse Act Grant <br />Program and authorized the Chairman to sign the <br />Certification of Participation naming Joseph A. <br />Baird, Budget Director, as the contact person, as <br />recommended in'the Memorandum. <br />COPY OF CERTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION IS ON FILE <br />IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />March 25, 1997 <br />