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Authorizing the Re-Programming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the Amount of $106.91 (One Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-One Cents) from the Charity Blooms Grant Award Under the Kane County Development and Community Services Department’s Food and Farm Resiliency ARPA Project to the Kane County Building Management Department’s Kitchen & Laundry Area HVAC System Improvements ARPA Project
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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 24-171, the Kane County Board authorized the Kane County Development and Community Services Department’s the use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $863,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-Three Thousand Dollars) for the Kane County Food & Farm Resiliency project; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 24-438, the Kane County Board authorized the Kane County Chairman to execute grant agreement #47730023-0010 with Charity Blooms in the amount of $38,980.74 (Thirty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents); and
WHEREAS, in October, 2025, Charity Blooms submitted their last request for re-imbursement under the grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, there is a remaining amount of $106.91(One Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-One Cents) under the agreement with Charity Blooms; and
WHEREAS, the American rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Committee recommends
the re-programming of $106.91(One Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-One Cents) from the Charity Blooms Grant Award agreement under the Kane County Development and Community Services Department’s Food and Farm Resiliency ARPA project to the Kane County Building Management Department’s Kitchen & Laundry Area HVAC System Improvements ARPA project, 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 that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the re-programming of $106.91(One Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-One Cents) from the Charity Blooms Grant Award agreement under the Kane County Development and Community Services Department’s Food and Farm Resiliency ARPA project to the Kane County Building Management Department’s Kitchen & Laundry Area HVAC System Improvements ARPA project, 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.
Passed by the Kane County Board on March 10, 2026.
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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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