IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $10,471,177.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2022 Grant Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Third Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with the Community Services League of Independence, MO, to administer emergency rental and utility assistance funding on behalf of Jackson County, at a cost to the County not to exceed $10,471,177.00
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ORDINANCE NO. 5622, April 25, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, the United States government has approved multiple emergency relief packages to provide funds to the State of Missouri, the County, other local governments, and citizens to meet unanticipated public health and economic needs caused by the pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, the emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs included within the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 make available $46.55 billion to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, the County received an initial allocation of ERA funds from the U.S. Treasury for 2021 in the aggregate amount of $17,790,137.00; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent appropriations have brought the total federal funding for ERA in Jackson County up to the total amount of $42,790,137.00; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5493, dated March 15, 2021, Ordinance 5546, dated September 20, 2021, and Ordinance 5594, dated January 31, 2022, the County contracted with the Community Services League (CSL) of Independence, MO, to administer the County's ERA program and expend these funds on behalf of eligible persons; and,
WHEREAS, the County has now received from various sources an additional $10,471,177.00 in federal ERA funds, which can only be expended in accordance with federal guidelines; and,
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