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RESOLUTION N O. 2020-60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING A BUDGET TRANSFER
IN THE COV ID-19 CARES ACT RECOVERY FUND.
WHEREAS, Ordinance 31 3 0 -2020 appropriated the City's Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (CARES Act) grant of $7 ,700,832 which was passed through the State of Alaska ;
and,
WHEREAS, the original appropriation included $1,000,000 for City Resiliency and Recovery; and ,
WHEREAS, on June 3 , 2020, City Council passed Resolution 2020-40, extending the City's
Disaster Emergency Declaration through September 14, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, while anticipated, the number of Alaskan cases of COVID-19 has increased with the
lifting of mandates placing continued and even greater pressure on the City's public safety
resources; and,
WHEREAS , public safety personnel costs average approximately $500,000 per month for total
personnel costs from March 1, 2020 through September 14, 2020, approximately $3,500 ,000;
and,
WHEREAS, the currently appropriated amount for First Responder & Incident Management Team
Payroll of $2 ,500,000 will be insufficient to cover payroll costs through the September 14, 2020
expiration of the City's Disaster Emergency Declaration ; and ,
WHEREAS , because of the difficulty in identifying, designing , procuring, and constructing
resiliency projects, these funds are available for transfer to fund additional wage reimbursement,
which is an allowable CARES Act expenditure; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the City's best interest to approve the reallocation of funds.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COU NCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA:
Section 1. That the followin g budget revision is authorized .
COVID-19 Cares Act Recovery Fund:
Decrease Ex pend itures -City Resil iency and Recovery
In c rease E xpenditures -First Responder & Incident Management
Team Payroll
$1,000,000
$1 ,000,000
Resolution No. 2020-60
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Section 2. That this resolution takes effect immediately upon passage.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, this 15t11 day of July, 2020 .
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
THROUGH:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
Terry Eubank, Finance Director
July 9, 2020
Resolution No. 2020-60
The purpose of this memo is to recommend the adoption of Resolution 2020-60 that will authorize
a budget revision in the COVID-19 CARES Act Recovery Fund. CARES Act guidance regarding
reimbursement of public safety wages is as follows:
"The Fund is designed to provide ready funding to address unforeseen financial needs and risks
created by the COVID-19 public health emergency. For this reason , and as a matter of
administrative convenience in light of the emergency nature of this program, a State, territorial,
local, or Tribal government may presume that payroll costs for public health and public safety
employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the
COVID-19 public health emergency, unless the chief executive (or equ ivalent) of the relevant
government determines that specific circumstances indicate otherwise ."
Following this guidance, the City estimated reimbursement of $2 ,500,000 of public safety wage
for the period of March 2020 through June 2020. Subsequently, the City extended its Disaster
Emergency Declaration through September 14, 2020, and with the increase in infections , as
health mandates are eased or lifted, public safety employees are being impacted more than ever
in response to this public health emergency. For this reason, the administration recommends
redirection of funds previously appropriated for City Resi liency and Reco very to First Responder
and Incident Management Team Payroll. Redirection of this $1,000,000 should provide sufficient
funding to reimburse the City for public safety wages through the end of the current Disaster
Emergency Declaration.
Your support is respectfully requested.