2012-004 RES APPROVE/AUTHORIZE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR E9-1-1 SERVICE AND PSAP EQUIPMENT BETWEEN COP AND ARK-TEX COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

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/ advise the Commission in writing of its efforts to recover 9-1-1 funds in aoconfanoe with Article 4.1 herein. 2.5 In acoordance 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 shail maintain, at a minimum, a separate investment acoourrt for all 9-1-1 funds received. The RPC shall utilize an accounting system that complies with applicable law, including specfically the requirements in UGMS, Subpart C- Post Award Requirements, Section .20 - Standards for Financial Management Systems - which requir+es recipients of state funds to maintain neoords vuhich adequately identifjr the source and application of funds provided for financially assisted activities. These reoorcJs must contain information pertaining to grant or sub grant awards and authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays or expenditures, and inoome. 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 oompliance 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 oompliance with applicable law, accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness, prior to the Commission distributing allocated 9-1-1 funds. Article 4. Standard Interfocal Agreement with Local Governments 4.1 The RPC shall use interlocal agreemerrts between itseff and its Ioca1 govemmenls nelating to the planning, development, operatan, and provision of 9-1-1 service, the use of 9-1-1 funds and adherenoe to applicable law. These agteernents must, at a minimum, provide for oompliance with applicable law by inchiding provisions that: (a) the RPC will provide 9-1-1 funds to the local govemments on a cost reimbursemerrt basis using a monitoring process that provides assuranoe that the r+eimbursemer.rt nequests from the local govemments are oomplete, accurate, and appropriate; (b) the RPC may withhold, decrease, or seek r+eimbursement of 9-1-1 funds in the event that those 9-1-1 funds were used in nonoomplianoe with applic;able law; (c) the local govemmenfs shall reimburse the RPC and/or the Commission, as applicable, any 9-1-1 funds used in nonoompliance with appliqble Iaw;