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limited to, all criteria, restrictions, and requirements of the "Department of <br />Homeland Security (DHS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Fiscal Year <br />2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant {EMPG)" document, the DHS <br />Award Letter for Grant No. EMS -2017 -EP -00004-S01 in Attachment 1, and the <br />federal regulations commonly applicable to DHS/FEMA grants. <br />The Subrecipient shall be responsible to the Department for ensuring that all <br />17EMPG federal award funds provided to its subrecipient are used in <br />accordance with applicable federal and state statutes and regulations, and the <br />terms and conditions of the federal award set forth in Attachment 1 of this <br />Agreement. <br />2. BUDGET & REIMBURSEMENT <br />a. Within the total Grant. Agreement Amount, travel, sub -contracts, salaries, benefits, <br />printing, equipment, and other goods and services or other budget categories will be <br />reimbursed on an actual cost basis unless otherwise provided in this Agreement. <br />b. The maximum amount of all reimbursement requests permitted to be submitted under this <br />Agreement, including the final reimbursement request, is limited to and shall not exceed <br />the -total Grant Agreement Amount. <br />C. If the Subrecipient chooses to include indirect costs within the Budget (Exhibit E), an <br />indirect cost rate agreement negotiated between the federal cognizant agency for indirect <br />costs and the Subrecipient establishing approved indirect cost rate(s) as described in 2 <br />CFR 200.414 and Appendix V11 to 2 CFR 200 must be submitted to the Department. <br />However, under 2 CFR 200.414(0, if the Subrecipient has never received a negotiated <br />indirect cost rate agreement establishing federally negotiated rate(s), the Subrecipient <br />may negotiate a rate with the Department or charge a de minimis rate of 10% of modified <br />total direct costs. The Subrecipient's actual indirect cost rate may vary from the approved <br />rate, but must not exceed the approved negotiated indirect cost rate percentage for the <br />time period of the expenditures. If a Subrecipient chooses to charge the 10% de minimis <br />rate, but did not charge indirect costs to previous subawards, a request for approval to <br />charge indirect costs must be submitted to the Department Key Personnel, for approval <br />with an explanation for the change. <br />d. For travel costs, the Subrecipient shall comply with 2 CFR 200,474 and should consult <br />their internal policies, state rates set pursuant to RCW 43.03.050 and RCW 43.03.060 as <br />now existing or amended, and federal maximum rates set forth at httiD://www.qsa.gov,. and <br />follow the most restrictive. If travel costs exceed set state or federal limits, travel costs <br />shall not be reimbursed without written approval by Department Key Personnel. <br />e, Reim bursernent, requests will include a properly completed State A-19 invoice Form and <br />Reimbursement Spreadsheet (in the format provided by the Department) detailing the <br />expenditures for which reimbursement is sought. Reimbursement requests must be <br />submitted to Reirn bu rsem ents(a),m if.wa.gov no later than the due dates listed within the <br />Timeline (Exhibit D), but not more frequently than monthly. <br />Reimbursement request totals should be commensurate to the time spent processing by <br />the Subrecipient and the Department. if the reimbursement request isn't substantial <br />enough, the Subrecipient should request prior written approval from Department Key <br />Personnel to waive the due date in the Timeline (Exhibit D) and instead submit those costs <br />on the next scheduled reimbursement due date contained in the Timeline. <br />Receipts and/or backup documentation for any approved items that are authorized under <br />this Agreement must be maintained by the Subrecipient consistent with record retention <br />requirements of this Agreement and be made available upon request by the Department <br />and auditors. <br />9- Any request for extension of a due date in the Timeline (Exhibit D) will be treated as a <br />request for Amendment of the Agreement and must be submitted to the Department Key <br />Personnel sufficiently in advance of the due date to provide adequate time for Department <br />DHS-FEMA-EMPG-FY 17 Page 3 of 36 Kittitas County, E18-131 <br />