To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE POTENTIAL USE OF UNALLOCATED COVID-19 FEMA RESERVE FUNDS TOTALING $14,729,868 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
PROVIDE direction on next steps related to the unallocated portion of former COVID-19 FEMA Reserve funds totaling $14,729,868 appropriated as Appropriation for Contingencies within the General Fund in fiscal year 2025-26 (FY25-26).
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact. Today's action is informational and is seeking direction from the Board of Supervisors on next steps related to the unallocated portion COVID-19 FEMA Reserve funds (now General Fund Appropriation for Contingencies (0990)) totaling $14,729,868.
BACKGROUND:
Establishment of the COVID-19 FEMA Reserve
On April 22, 2024, the Board of Supervisors directed the County Administrator to claim $37,544,395 in remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) to offset a portion of the General Fund subsidy to the Hospital Enterprise Fund in FY23-24. In addition, the Board directed the County Administrator to take the following actions:
1. Include a General Fund Assigned1 Reserve designation in a like amount at the conclusion of FY23-24 in recognition of FEMA claims that have not yet been obligated or received and to return to the Board at least annually with an update as to the status of COVID-19 era FEMA Public Assistance program claims; and
2. At that time the Board would make determinations as to whether the General Fund Assigned Reserve designation amount should be reduced based on additional revenue received from FEMA.
On April 30, 2024, the County Administrator's Office processed the final CSLFRF claim in the amount of $37,544,395 as directed by the Board and subsequently reported the transaction in the next quarterly report to the United States Treas...
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