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A resolution appropriating $1,000,000.00 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to various Metro departments to be used to increase Metro's existing public emergency response reserve for vaccination and assessment centers, homeless emergency shelters, personal protective equipment, sanitization, signage, telework, and information technology.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Recovery Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Count, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of American Rescue Plan Act funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2021, Metro Council passed RS2021-1206, which established a $1,000,000.00 public emergency response reserve for vaccination and assessment centers, homeless emergency shelters, personal protective equipment, sanitization, and signage; and,
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, Metro Council passed RS2022-1558, which expanded the use of the reserve to include telework and information technology expenses; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that the existing reserve has been substantially depleted with necessary expenses and needs to be increased to cover additional e...
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