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Authorizing the Use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Fund Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services for the Kane County Forest Preserve Information Technologies 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, the Kane County Information Technologies Department has made a request in the amount of $140,000 (One Hundred Forty Thousand) of SLFRF to fund Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services for the purpose of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Information Technologies Department is responsible for helping the County be able to continue to provide government services to its citizens and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic by installing and maintaining systems, services and equipment for web video conferencing for public health, public safety, judiciary, county board, all other Kane County offices and departments and the Kane County Forest Preserve District; and
WHEREAS, to assist the County in determining whether the project is an eligible use of SLFRF under ARPA, the Final Rule, and the related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, the ARPC consultant, Ernst and Young, has reviewed the Kane County Information Technologies Department’s request for SLFRF for Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and completed an assessment regarding the project’s eligibility under EC-3: Public Health-Negative Economic Impact: Public Sector EC Subcategory 3.5 stating that “implementation of a new technology infrastructure needed to adapt government operations to the pandemic is an enumerated eligible use under the final rule. This would include telework technologies.” (see Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, the ARPC recommends that the Kane County Board authorizes the use SLFRF in the amount of $140,000 (One Hundred Forty Thousand) to fund the Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services for the Kane County Information Technologies 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 that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the Kane County Information Technologies Department use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $140,000 (One Hundred Forty Thousand) to be used for Forest Preserve Zoom Web Conferencing Services, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the following adjustment be made to the Fiscal Year 2023 budget:
$63,631 Transfer to Fund 500 355.800.66835.99500
$30,135 Computers 355.800.66835.72010
$4,025 Contractual/Consulting 355.800.66835.50150
($97,791) Allowance for Budget Expense 355.800.668.85000
$63,631 Transfer From 355 500.800.000.39355
$63,631 Net Income 500.800.805.89000
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the remaining grant funding will be budgeted in FY24 ($34,159), FY25 ($4,025) and FY26 ($4,025).
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Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? No
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available?
355.800.668.85000 - Allowance for Budget Expense
Passed by the Kane County Board on September 12, 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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