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A resolution appropriating $517,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to offset Covid-19 Financial Oversight Committee and staff administrative expenses, and to expand the use of the existing American Rescue Plan Act funds currently allocated to public emergency response to include telework and information technology expenses.
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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 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARP Funds") from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, 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 ARP Funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, Metro Council approved RS2022-1558, which included a $398,000.00 allocation for administrative expenses necessary to the operation of the COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee; and,
WHEREAS, RS2022-1558 included an acknowledgement that RS2022-1558 only partially satisfied the necessary administrative expenses to date and that the Committee may recommend further administrative expense allocations as ARP Funds became available, including any additional expenditures accruing after passage of RS2022-1558; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that the expenses outlined in Exhibit A...
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