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 funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, Guadalupe Centers, Mattie Rhodes, and Palestine Senior Activity Center have applied for County ARPA funds to assist in responding to the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 in the provision of services in the amounts indicated below:
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Agency |
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Amount |
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Guadalupe Center |
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$30,000.00 |
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Mattie Rhodes |
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$30,000.00 |
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Palestine Senior Activity Center |
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$120,000.00 |
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute Cooperative Agreements with Guadalupe Centers, Mattie Rhodes, and Palestine Senior Activity Center at a total cost to the County not to exceed $180,000.00, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the Agreements.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Resolution No. 20899 introduced on March 14, 2022, was duly passed on March 14, 2022 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______9_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____0________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 050 7781 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: American Rescue Plan Fund
Guadalupe Center
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $30,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 050 7765 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: American Rescue Plan Fund
Mattie Rhodes
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $30,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 050 7731 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: American Rescue Plan Fund
Palestine Senior Citizen Academy
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $120,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer