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Authorizing the De-Obligating of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from Jail Tower A & B HVAC Improvements Project Approved in Resolution 24-172 and Re-Obligating the Funds for the Shooting Range HVAC System Renovations Project and the Kitchen and Laundry Area Improvements at the Kane County Justice Center Project for the Kane County Building Management Department
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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 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, Resolution 24-172 authorized $7,080,000 (Seven Million Eighty Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF to fund the Jail Tower A and B HVAC System Improvements project for the Kane County Building Management Department; and
WHEREAS, the portion from bid 24-064-KK for the Jail Tower A and B HVAC System Improvements project came $1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) under the allocated $7,080,000 (Seven Million Eighty Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF funds for the project; and
WHEREAS, the Shooting Range HVAC System Renovations project approved in resolution 24-177 and the Kitchen and Laundry Area Improvements At The Kane County Justice Center approved in resolution 24-176 for the Kane County Building Management Department are currently under funded; and
WHEREAS, the ARPC recommends that the Kane County Board authorizes the de-obligating of SLFRF in the amount of $1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the Jail Tower A & B HVAC Improvements project and re-obligating $600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) for the Shooting Range HVAC System Renovations project and $600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) for the Kitchen and Laundry Area Improvements At The Kane County Justice Center project 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 in the amount of $1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the Jail Tower A & B HVAC Improvements project and re-obligating $600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) for the Shooting Range HVAC System Renovations project and $600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) for the Kitchen and Laundry Area Improvements at The Kane County Justice Center project 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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