17-RES AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARK-TEX COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR E9-1-1 SERVICE AND PSAP EQUIP

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advise the Commission in writing of its efforts to reoover 9-1-1 funds in accordanoe with Article 4.1 herein. 2.5 In acoorriance with Health and Safety Code Sectan 771.078(cx6), the Commission may withhold disbursement of funds to the RPC for failing to follow a standard imposed by this Contract, a Commission rule and/or policy, or a statute. 2.6 The RPC shall maintain, at a minimum, a separate investment acoourrt for all 9-1-1 funds received. The RPC shalt utilize an accounting system that complies with applicable law, including specifically the requirements in UGMS, Subpart C- Post Award Requirements, Section .20 - Standards for Financial Management Systems - which requires recipients of state funds to maintain reoords which adequately identify the source and application of funds provided for financially assisted activities. These recorcls must contain information pertaining to grant or sub grant awands and authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays or expenditures, and income. Article 3. Monitoring Compliance 3.1 The RPC recognizes that the Commission reserves the right to perform monitoring of the RPC and/or its performing local govemments or Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for compliance with applicable law, and the RPC agrees to cooperate fully with such monitoring. 3.2 The RPC recognizes that the Commission reserves the right to monitor RPC financial procedures and validate financial reimbursement requests for compliance with applicable law, accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness, prior to the Commission distributing allocated 9-1-1 funds. Article 4. Standard Interlocal Agreement with Local Governments 4.1 The RPC shall use interiocal agneemerrts between itself and its local govemments relating to the planning, development, operation, and provision of 9-1-1 service, the use of 9-1-1 funds and adherenoe to applicable law. These agneements must, at a minimum, provide for oompliance with applicable law by including provisions that: (a) the RPC will provide 9-1-1 funds to the tocal govemments on a cost reimbursement basis using a monitoring process that provides assurance that the reimbursemerrt r+equests from the local govemments ane oomplete, accurate, and appropriate; (b) the RPC may withhold, decnease, or seek reimbursement of 9-1-1 funds in the event that those 9-1-1 funds were used in nonoompliance with applicable law; (c) the local govemmerrts shall reimburse the RPC and/or the Commission, as applicable, any 9-1-1 funds used in nonoompliance with applicable law; 126