To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Relief Fund Proposed Spending Plan and Supplemental Budget for Emergency Preparedness in Fiscal Year 2019-20 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Relief Fund Proposed Spending Plan (Attachment 1);
2. Direct the Auditor-Controller to establish Fund 3232 (Emergency Response) and Budget Unit 120 (COVID Response-CARES);
3. Approve the supplemental budget request of $13,591,000 (Attachment 2) in Fund 3232, Budget Unit 120 for fiscal year 2019-20 and authorize the County Administrative Office and Auditor-Controller staff to make any technical corrections necessary to effectuate the Board's direction (4/5 vote required); and
4. Delegate authority to the Auditor-Controller's Office and County Administrator's Office (CAO) to approve budget transfer requests to create fixed assets for the CARES Act Funding budget unit 3232-120 up to $50,000.00 for equipment and up to $100,000.00 for building improvements that meet the eligibility criteria for the CARES Act Funding.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Federal Funding
DISCUSSION:
On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law. This legislation authorizes more than $2 trillion to battle COVID-19 and its economic effects, including treatment and testing, Public Health sanitation and protection, emergency response, compliance and mitigation, and economic support.
In order to receive CARES Act funding, local governments were required to attest that funds would be used only for costs that:
a) Are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19;
b) Were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020; and
c) Were incurred during the period that begi...
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