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Orange County Operational Area Agreement Section Six. Operational Area Finance 6.1 Operational Area Expenses and Revenues Operational Area Aft nistrobve Expenses This Agreement recognizes that there are day-to-day costs associated with OA administration and emergency management activities;. these costs are separate from County -specific emergency management activities. The County shall provide administrative staffing for the OA to carry out the duties as delineated in Section 3.2 and Section 4 of this Agreement; however, the County shall not be solely responsible for the costs of administering the OA. The County Board of Supervisors has the over -arching authority and responsibility to approve the county emergency management budget that supports both County and OA emergency management activities. To offset costs of the OA, the Executive Board shall be responsible for the acquisition and distribution of federal, state, and business or private foundation emergency management grant funds. For emergency management grant funds made available to the OA for distribution among the Subdivisions, the Executive Board will review and approve proposed funding allocation methods. "Their review will take into consideration recommendations from OCEMO, acting in their role as subcommittee to the Executive Board. To offset administrative casts, a percentage of such grants may be allotted to the OA before apportionment among the subdivisions, if funding becomes available with a short application period that does not allow for OCEMO, Executive Board, and County Board of Supervisors pre -approval, then approval will be sought retroactively through the ratification process set forth by the County Board of Supervisors. The County or any Subdivision may fund through general or special funds any services, supplies, or programs that they separately orjointly determine are necessary to comply with laws or regulations, or that serve the purposes of emergency prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation on an OA level, Coss of 0perotional Area during Errrergency Response and Recover° During emergencies, all OA jurisdictions shall be expected to participate to the maximum extent possible, according to mutual aid and other agreements, with the understanding that during an emergency, the priorities are life safety, property, and the environment (in that orderj, regardless of which jurisdiction is impacted. This Agreement incorporates by reference the reimbursement concepts of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, and the State of California Emergency Management Mutual Aid Plan. Expenditures made in connection with such emergency activities required by this Agreement, the California Emergency Services Act and/or SEMS, including mutual aid activities, 14 January 2020