HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 9296RESOLUTION 9296
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ACCEPTING AND ALLOCATING CARES ACT FUNDING
WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided
federal funds to the State of Minnesota and the legislature and Governor thereby distributed
these funds to local governments throughout Minnesota to deal with the financial impacts of
COVID 19; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View staff have worked with the League of Minnesota
Cities and in -turn the National League of Cities, Department of Treasury and the White House
for clarification of eligible uses; and
WHEREAS, the CARES funding requires a three-point test for utilization of the funds
that they be necessary expenditures for responding to COVID 19, not accounted for in the
original budget process and incurred during the period of March 1, 2020 to November 15, 2020;
and
WHEREAS, guidance from the United States Treasury for State, Territorial, Local and
Tribal Governments outlined in their Frequently Asked Questions, most recently updated on July
8, 2020, indicated that local governments "may presume that payroll costs for the public health
and public safety employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or
responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency..."; and
WHEREAS, League of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota Association of Counties, and
Minnesota Association of Townships have worked in consultation with Minnesota Management
and Budget's Minnesota COVID Response Accountability Office and Minnesota Department of
Revenue to provide further direction on the use of CARES funding for regular police and fire
payroll and also indicated we may presume these regular payroll public safety expenses as
being dedicated to a COVID-19 response; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View public safety personnel have adopted new COVID-
19 response procedures, given direction on the Governor's Executive Orders to monitor/enforce
COVID provisions for EO 20-04, modified other internal policies and restricted vacation leave
requests, developed messaging for the "Stay at Home" EO, dealt with COVID patients, been a
full partner with Ramsey County Public Health in the Emergency Operations Center efforts,
served as the point of contact for the City's adopted pandemic plan, had other training and
programs modified or cancelled to the extent these all present a modification of their operations,
caused by the pandemic, and otherwise not provided for in our annual budget now become a
reimbursable cost under CARES funding; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View has incurred many additional expenses related to
COVID-19 but for administrative simplicity and otherwise having adequate expenses for police
payroll during the expense period have chosen not to itemize these expenses; and
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The City Council recognizes regular payroll
expenses, consistent with Federal and State direction, that these expenses shall be deemed
due to the public health emergency related to COVID 19, not accounted for in our regular
budget process as a part of an administrative convenience for itemization and within the time
period of March 1, 2020 and November 15, 2020 are eligible for reimbursement of City's
apportionment of $1,004,135 in CARES funding.
Adopted this 10th day of August, 2020
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Carol A. Mueller, M yor
ATTEST:
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Nyle ikm d, City Administrator
(SEAL)