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Authorizing the De-Obligating of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the Forest Preserve Zoom We Conferencing Services Project and Re-Obligating for the Access Control Program Project for the Kane County Building Management Department
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WHEREAS, WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has enacted the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) to provide economic relief to State, Local, and Tribal governments responding to economic and public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kane has received a total of $103,413,041 (One Hundred Three Million, Four Hundred Thirteen Thousand, Forty-One Dollars) from the United States Department of the Treasury, in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“SLFRF”) pursuant to ARPA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ARPA and the administrative regulations adopted by the United States Department of the Treasury (“Final Rule”), the County of Kane shall use SLFRF to defray costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 pandemic within the County, to address the economic fallout from the pandemic, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 21-313, the Kane County Board has established the American Rescue Plan Committee (“ARPC”) as a resource for research, education, planning, and recommendations for the best allocation and uses of the County’s SLFRF; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 21-156, the Kane County Board approved the recommended Spending Plan as proposed by the ARPC, which designates $42,000,000 (Forty-Two Million Dollars) to be used for Kane County Department and Elected Office project requests; and
WHEREAS, in Resolution 23-355 the Kane County Board authorized the use of $140,000 (One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars) in SLFRF to fund the Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services for the Kane County Forest Preserve Information Technologies Department; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Forest Preserve Technologies Department used only $124,619.77 (One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Seventy- Seven Cents) to complete the Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services project. There is a remaining amount of 15,380.23 (Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents) of SLFRF; and
WHEREAS, this resolution is de-obligating the SLFRF amount of $15,380.23 (Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents) and re-obligating the same amount to the Access Control Program approved in resolutions 23-385 and 24-309 for the Kane County Building Management Department; and
WHEREAS, the ARPC recommends that the Kane County Board authorizes the de-obligating of SLFRF amount of $15,380.23 (Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents) and re-obligating the same amount to the Access Control Program approved in resolutions 23-385 and 24-309 for the Kane County Building Management Department, to be spent during the ARPA period of performance and in accordance with the ARPA, the Final Rule and related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, and any other Federal, State or local laws and regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the de-obligating of SLFRF amount of $15,380.23 (Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents) and re-obligating the same amount to the Access Control Program approved in resolutions 23-385 and 24-309 for the Kane County Building Management Department, in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Final Rule, and related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, and any other Federal, State or local laws and regulations.
Passed by the Kane County Board on December 10, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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