Title
Resolution approving Amendment Number One to the Lake County CARES Act Funding Plan and authorizing an emergency appropriation and line item transfers of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds across approved Lake County CARES Act Categories in direct response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Staff Summary
• The CARES Act was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, 2020. On April 23, 2020, Lake County received $121,539,986.20.
• Funds are required to be used for expenses that: (1) are necessary due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); (2) were not accounted for in Lake County’s approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget; and (3) were incurred during the period March 1, 2020 - December 30, 2020.
• On July 27, 2020, the Lake County CARES Act Funding Plan was approved by the County Board. This is Amendment Number One to that plan.
• To date, $105,000,000 of CARES Act funding has been appropriated and distributed in the approved Lake County CARES Act Categories.
• Authority to spend appropriated funds within CARES Act Categories and execute any and all agreements with partners related to the allocation and distribution of CARES Act funds is delegated to the County Administrator or their designee(s).
• CARES Act budget allocations may be amended with line item transfers between CARES Act Categories as approved by the County Board.
• Any CARES Act funds not spent or encumbered by December 15, 2020 will be re-allocated to the County-wide Essential Service categories.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, 2020. Lake County’s population over 500,000 resulted in the ability to directly apply for funding. On April 23, 2020, Lake County received $121,539,986.20; and
WHEREAS, these funds are required to be used to cover expenses that: (1) are necessary due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); (2) were not accounted for in Lake County’s approved Fiscal Year 2020 budget; and (3) were incurred during the period March 1, 2020 - December 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has needs for Coronavirus relief funds in its continued response to the COVID-19 public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2020, the County Board approved the Lake County CARES Act Funding Plan and appropriated funds in accordance with the plan; and
WHEREAS, Amendment Number One to this plan (“Amended Plan”) updates guidance, programs, and the allocation of CARES Act funds to better support Lake County communities, taxing districts, and allow Lake County to maintain its county-wide services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation is necessary to make $14,500,000 of additional funds available for the purposes designated by the County Board in the Amended Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Amended Plan requires the total distribution of CARES Act funds in each of the approved Lake County CARES Act Categories be amended to $15,000,000 in Resident Support and Assistance, $17,000,000 in Business and Economic Assistance, $42,000,000 in Municipal and Local Essential Services, $15,700,000 in Public Health Support and Assistance, $1,750,000 in PPE Stockpile and Distribution, and $28,050,000 in County-wide Essential Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that Amendment Number One of the Lake County CARES Act Funding Plan (“Amended Plan”) attached to this Resolution is approved and shall be executed by the County Administrator; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the emergency appropriation in the amount of $14,500,000 distributed in the Fund 745 CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund budget is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an expense budget for the administrative execution of the programs designated be amended as indicated in the Amended Plan attached to this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the authority to spend funds in accordance with the Amended Plan’s distribution budget and execute any and all agreements related to the allocation and distribution of funds within a CARES Act Category is delegated to the County Administrator or their designee(s); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Administrator may authorize line item transfers between expense types within the same CARES Act Category because the exact nature of the reimbursable expenses is unknown upon appropriation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any CARES Act funds not encumbered by December 15, 2020 will be re-allocated to the County-wide Essential Services CARES Act Category as defined in the version of the CARES Act Funding Plan in effect on that date.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on September 29, 2020.