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FDLE <br />Florida Department of Business Support <br />Law Enforcement Office of Criminal Justice Grants <br />Post Office Box 1489 <br />Gerald M. Bailey Tallahassee, FL 32302-1489 <br />Commissioner (850) 617-1250 <br />www fdie.state.fl.us <br />DEC 2 0 2013 <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-2-E5-233 <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 Byme Memorial Justice Assistance <br />Grant to your unit of government in the amount of $ 61,852.00 for the project entitled, MULTI -AGENCY CRIMINAL <br />ENFORCEMENT UNIT 2013-2014. These funds shall be utilized for the purpose of reducing crime and improving <br />public safety. A copy of the approved subgrant application with the referenced contract number is enclosed for your <br />file. All 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 retum 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/aI <br />Enclosures <br />Service • integrity • Respect • Quality <br />R FC -IF rt <br />DEC 302013 <br />1 4y4r•a. L.ii.o e <br />32 <br />