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Authorizing the ARPA Program Manager to Approve Invoices from Ernst & Young, LLP for Professional Services Related to the ARPA 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 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 the SLFRF to defray costs associated with its response to the 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, pursuant to guidance published by the United States Department of the Treasury, the County’s SLFRF may be used for administrative expenses involved in administering the County’s ARPA program, which may include the costs of a consultant; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 21-508, the County Board authorized the County Board Chairman to enter into a professional services agreement with Ernst & Young LLP for the services related to the planning, accounting, distribution, and reporting of the County’s SLFRF in compliance and in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars) with all invoices to be approved by the County Board; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 23-139, the Kane County Board authorized the County Board Chairman to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with Ernst & Young LLP for services related to the planning, accounting, distribution, and reporting of the County’s SLFRF, which increased the total not to exceed amount for the ARPA engagement by $900,000 (Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars); and
WHEREAS, in the interest of the administration of the ARPA program, the American Rescue Plan Program Manager shall be authorized to approve invoices for the Ernst & Young LLP professional services engagement related to the County’s SLFR not to exceed the amount which the Kane County Board has previously authorized in the professional services agreement with Ernst & Young LLP for services related to the planning, accounting, distribution, and reporting of the County’s SLFRF.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the American Rescue Plan Program Manager to approve invoices for the Ernst & Young LLP professional services engagement related to the County’s SLFRF not to exceed the amount which the Kane County Board has previously authorized in the professional services agreement with Ernst & Young LLP for services related to the planning, accounting, distribution, and reporting of the County’s SLFRF.
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 10, 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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