IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $1,000,000.00 within the 2022 American Rescue Plan Fund and 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 $1,000,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20927, April 18, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, County Legislator
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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 navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak from federal coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds; and,
WHEREAS, ARPA requires that these federal funds be used only to cover expenses incurred to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, and aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality, to assist workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of a state, territory, or tribal/local government who are performing essential work and 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 any reduction in revenue of a 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,
WHEREAS, the 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 29, 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, Metro Lutheran Ministry, Restart, Inc., and Community Services League have applied for County ARPA funds to assist them 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 |
Amount |
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Metro Lutheran Ministry |
$370,000.00 |
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Restart, Inc. |
$455,000.00 |
|
Community Services League |
$175,000.00 |
and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature has determined that providing assistance to these agencies that serve disadvantaged communities is an appropriate use of ARPA funds; and,
WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the funds needed for these services in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and hereby is made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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American Rescue Plan Fund |
|
|
|
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ARPA Disadvantaged Communities |
|
|
|
|
050-7801 |
56790- Other Contractual Services |
$1,000,000 |
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Housing Resource Commission |
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|
|
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050-7001 |
56789- Outside Agency Funding |
|
$1,000,000 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute Cooperative Agreements with Metro Lutheran Ministry, Restart, Inc., and Community Services League at a cost to the County not to exceed $1,000,000.00, 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. 20927 introduced on April 18, 2022, was duly passed on April 18, 2022 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____1________
____________________ ________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 050 7801 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: American Rescue Plan Fund
ARPA Disadvantaged Communities
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,000,000.00
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 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: American Rescue Plan Fund
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,000,000.00
____________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer