IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE establishing the “American Rescue Plan Fund” as a separate special revenue fund of the County and accepting $16,048,014.00 from the federal government.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5574, November 29, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted by the U.S. Congress, provides for payments to local governments navigating the impact of COVID-19 outbreak from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; and,
WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan requires that these federal funds may be used only to cover expenses to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; to respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the State, territory, or Tribal/local government that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work; for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal/local government due to the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory, or Tribal government prior to the emergency; and to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure., and incurred during the period from March 3, 2021, through December 31, 2026; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County’s total allocation of American Rescue Plan funds is expected to be $136,551,645.00, the first half of which was received in 2021, and the second half is expected in 2022; and,
WHEREAS, in view of the restrictions placed on the use of these American Rescue Plan funds, it is appropriate that these funds be maintained in a separate County special revenue fund, to be designated the “American Rescue Plan Fund,” and not commingled with the general or other special revenue funds of the County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Jackson County American Rescue Plan Fund is hereby established as a special revenue fund of the County, the monies of which shall not be commingled with the general revenue or any other special revenue fund of the County; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the receipt of $16,048,014.30 in American Rescue Plan funding from the U.S. Treasury is hereby recognized; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Administrator, Chief Administrative Officer, Director of Finance and Purchasing, and all other County officials be and hereby are authorized to take all actions necessary to comply with the intent expressed in this Ordinance.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5574 introduced on November 29, 2021, was duly passed on December 6, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______9_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____0________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5574.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive