IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements with certain outside agencies that serve disadvantaged communities at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $180,000.00, utilizing American Rescue Plan funds.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20899, March 14, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Theresa Cass Galvin, Tony Miller,
Jalen Anderson, and Crystal Williams, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), enacted by the U.S. Congress, provides for payments to local governments to assist in navigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds; and,
WHEREAS, ARPA requires that these federal funds may be used only to cover expenses to respond to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work, and 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, among other purposes; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County's total allocation of ARPA funds is expected to be $136,551,645.00, the first half of which was received in 2021, and the second half is expected later in 2022; and,
WHEREAS, in view of the restrictions placed on the use of these ARPA funds, by Ordinance 5574, dated November 20, 2021, the Legislature determined that these funds should 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 f...
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