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Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as Reported to the US Department of Treasury from the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Water Conservation Education ARPA Project in the Amount of $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) to the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share Consultant and Capital 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, the SLFRF funds authorized in resolution 22-235 for the Water Conservation Education ARPA project for the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department are $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) more than what the current contract necessitates; and
WHEREAS, the ARPA Program recommends the reprogramming of the SLFRF in the amount of $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) from the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Water Conservation Education ARPA project to the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share Consultant and Capital ARPA project; and
WHEREAS, the ARP Committee recommends that the Kane County Board authorizes the reprogramming of the SLFRF amount of $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) from the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Water Conservation Education ARPA project to the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share Consultant and Capital 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 reprogramming of the SLFRF amount of $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) from the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Water Conservation Education ARPA project to the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share Consultant and Capital 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 11, 2025.
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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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