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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGEND~t-ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 23; 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- rY1 <br />SUBJECT: Ratification of Manager-Approved Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YtN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, (919} <br />245-2306 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, (919)- <br />245=2318 <br />PURPOSE: To ratify a grant agreement approved by the Manager over the summer break. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has delegated approval and signature authority <br />for agreements, contracts and grants to the County Manager in amounts up to $250,000 for <br />construction contracts and up to $90,000 for general contracts and agreements. However, the <br />Board of Commissioners has determined that only the- Board may approve and sign <br />agreements, contracts and grants with other governmental entities regardless of amount. <br />During the Board of Commissioners' summer break, the 2011 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant <br />("JAG") program award to Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill in the amount of $15,122 <br />approached approval deadlines. With the Board of Commissioners unavailable,. the Manager, <br />after consulting with the County Attorney, approved and signed the grant agreement. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The full amount of the JAG is $15,122. Of this amount, $6,048 is to be <br />allocated to Orange County. The remainder,- $9,074, will be allocated to the Town of Chapel <br />Hill. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board ratify the Manager's <br />approval of the JAG. <br />