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Authorizing Budget Notation for Approved ARPA Award Amounts (RES 23-272) for Veterans’ Service Organizations Grant Program
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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 public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kane has received a total of $103,413,041 (One Hundred Three Million, Four Hundred 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 the 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, the Final Rule provides that SLFRF may be used to provide assistance to 501(c)(19) organizations, which includes Veterans Service Organizations (VSO), that experienced public health or negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, 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 23-183, the Kane County Board allocated $650,000 (Six Hundred Fifty-Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF to be allocated as grants to support eligible VSOs in Kane County that experienced public health or negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, and
WHEREAS, because of a need for increased support to eligible VSOs, by Resolution 23-272 (see Exhibit A), the Kane County Board approved of award amounts for the Veterans’ Services Organizations Program which require using an additional $26,727 (Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars) of SLFRF; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an adjustment to the FY23 budget to account for the additional $26,727 (Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars) of SLFRF for the Veterans’ Services Organizations Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that an additional $26,727 (Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars ) of SLFRF shall be allocated for the Veterans’ Services Organizations Grant Program and the following FY23 budget adjustment is approved:
$26,727 External Grants 355.800.668234.55010
($26,727) Allowance for Budget Expense 355.800.668.85000
Passed by the Kane County Board on August 8, 2023.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, J.D. Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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