Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance 21-051, relating to the 2021 Budget; making a supplemental appropriation in Fund 124 to provide expenditure authority for rental and utility assistance
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DEPARTMENT: Human Services
ORIGINATOR: Isaac Isaac
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approve
PURPOSE: Council approval of additional expenditure authority within Human Services Fund 124 for unanticipated cost related to emergency rental and utility assistance in 2021.
BACKGROUND: Section 3201(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No.117-2 (March 11, 2021), authorizes the Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") to make payment to certain eligible grantees to be used to provide emergency rental assistance. Snohomish County, as a unit of local government with a population of more than 200,000, is eligible to receive a direct appropriation of funds in the amount of $26,571,771.50. The funds can be used between the date of the award and September 30, 2025. Treasury released payment to the County in the amount of $10,628,708.60, which comprises 40% of our total allocation. The remaining 60% will be released at a later date.
This award was not anticipated when the original 2021 budget was developed; thus, appropriation authority in the amount of $10,628,708.60 is needed. The County will retain $100,000 for administration costs and the remaining $10,528,708.60 will be subcontracted to a local nonprofit to provide eligible activities to the target population.
These funds, identified as ERA2, are in addition to the $24.785 million that the County was awarded by the Department of Treasury earlier this year in ERA1 funds awarded under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and appropriated through Snohomish County Council Ordinance 21-010.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU
2021
2ND YR
Total
124-520020564111 (P-T TERA-2)
$10,528,708.60
$10,528,708.60
124-5044611011 / 2013 (Salary & Benefit)
$1...
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