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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 9302RESOLUTION 9302 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AUTHORIZING RECIEPT OF CARES ELECTION FUND GRANT TO BE ALLOCATED TO RAMSEY COUNTY WHEREAS, the City has contracted with Ramsey County to operate and administer elections; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County applied for and received CARES Act Election Funding; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County has detailed their intended use of the funds and in summary include — ensuring health and safety of election officials and voters, public outreach and education, costs associated with increase in absentee balloting, preparation of training materials and administration, and technology improvements; and WHEREAS, each contract municipality is required to execute and agreement in order for Ramsey County to receive that municipalities calculated award amount; and WHEREAS, Mounds Views share is $6033.09. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota authorizes the Mayor and City Administrator to execute the 2020 - CARES Act Election Grant County - Municipal Agreement. Adopted this 24th day of August, 2020 Carol A Mueller, M ATTEST: Ny)K ZikpKund, City Administrator (SEAL) The Mounds View Vision .4 Tbrnving Desirable Community STATE OF MINNESOTA 2020 CARES ACT GRANT COUNTY - MUNICIPALITYAGREEMENT This Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") is made between Ramsey County, ("Grantee"), and the City of Mounds View, ("Municipality") Recitals 1 Under Minnesota Laws 2020, Chapter 77, section 4, Grantee applied for and received funds as requested in the grant application. Grantee entered into a Grant Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated into this Agreement as described in paragraph 1.3 below. 2 Grantee represented that it is duly qualified and agreed to perform all services described in that Agreement to the satisfaction of the State and in accordance with all federal and state laws authorizing these expenditures. Pursuant to Minn.Stat.§ 16B.98, Subd.1, Grantee and Municipality agree to minimize administrative costs as a condition of this grant. 3 Federal funds for this agreement are provided pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Public Law 116-136, hereinafter the CARES Act. 4. Grantee is responsible for elections within its county and Municipality operates polling places within its jurisdiction. Both are in need of funds to take the necessary steps to respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 election cycle.in a complete manner. 5. Municipality represents that it has insufficient resources to respond in a complete manner without the grant amount provided pursuant to this agreement. Agreement Effectiveness of Agreement 1.1 Effective date: August 24, 2020, or the date all required signatures, have been affixed to the agreement by Grantee and Municipality, whichever is later. No payments will be made to Grantee until this Agreement is fully approved and executed. 1.2 Expiration date: December 31, 2020, or when all funds applied for and provided to Municipality by Grantee have been expended, or returned to Grantee for transmission to the State pursuant to paragraph 4.4 of the Agreement between Grantee and State, whichever occurs first. 1.3 Application of Terms. Municipality agrees to be subject to the obligations applicable to Grantee in the Grant Agreement set forth in Exhibit A in the following paragraphs of that Agreement: paragraphs 1 through 5; and 7 through 16. Municipality's Duties Municipality is hereby awarded $6033.09 from the funds provided by State to Grantee in the Grant Agreement set forth in Exhibit A, and will expend, no later than November 10, 2020, the funds only for the federal and state purposes, in preparations for and the necessary events connected with the primary election to be held August 11, 2020 and the general election to be held November 3, 2020, at which federal offices are on the ballot, and will return all unspent grant funds to Grantee, as described in the Grant Application submitted by Grantee, which is attached as Exhibit B and incorporated into this Agreement, by December 15, 2020. Grantee shall submit, by November 10, 2020, a financial reporting form to the Grantee in the form Grantee must use to report grant expenditures to the State of Minnesota, stating the amount spent from this grant in calendar year 2020 for authorized expenses or electronic roster systems, a description of each expense or purchase, and how much of the grant award is unexpended and is being returned, if any, and the total of the proportionate match required by Minnesota Laws 2020, Chapter 77, section 4. 3. Authorized Representative Grantee's Authorized Representative is David Triplett, Ramsey County Elections Manager, 90 Plato Boulevard W. St. Paul, MN 55102, 651-266-2206, david.triplett@co.ramsey.mn.us Municipality's Authorized Representative is Nyle Zikmund, Mounds View City Administrator, 2401 Mounds View Boulevard, Mounds View, MN 55112 763-717-4001 nyle.zikmund@moundsviewmn.org Grant payment will be made to: Ramsey County Federal ID Number: 41-6005875 If either Authorized Representative changes at any time before the funds provided for in this Agreement are fully expended, parties must notify each other of the change. GRANTEE (County) Grantee certifies that the appropriate person(s) have executed the Agreement on behalf of Grantee as required by applicable resolutions or ordinances. By: Signed: Title: Date: MUNICIPALITY Jurisdiction: City of Mounds View By:c� Title: Mayor Date: By: Title: City Administrator Date: 2 Distribution: Grantee Municipality