HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.09.03 - 33621MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20366 September 3, 2020
BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery
Committee
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT OF MR #20162 OAKLAND COUNTY COVID-
19 VETERANS RELIEF PROGRAM — EXPANSION ON ELIGIBILITY OF CARES ACT FUNDING TO
SERVICE VETERAN POPULATION IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved Miscellaneous Resolution #20162 on
May 20, 2020, establishing the "Oakland County COVID-19 Veterans Relief' program authorizing CARES
Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) be distributed to assist Oakland County veterans, service members
and eligible family members with emergent, immediate and direct technological, health, economic and
financial assistance; and
WHEREAS the guidance provided by the U,S. Department of Treasury on the May 28, 2020 memorandum,
"Coronavirus Relief Funds, Frequently Asked Questions", states that a government entity receiving relief
funds may transfer funds to another local government entity, provided that the transfer qualifies as a
necessary expenditure due to the public health emergency; and
WHEREAS expansion of direct assistance of CRF funds to local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
organizations and local American Legion locations in Oakland County will serve to distribute the CARES
Act funding towards the purposes initially identified in MR#20162; and
WHEREAS the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the local veterans organizations for Oakland
County to combat the COVID-19 pandemic renews Oakland County's long-standing care and relief efforts
for Oakland County veterans; and
WHEREAS an amendment to the "Oakland County COVID-19 Veterans Relief' program, as approved by
MR #20162, is necessary to extend and include the local veterans organizations, such as the VFW and
American Legion for Oakland County as a eligible recipient of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
an amendment to the Oakland County COVID-19 Veterans Relief Program to include eligible recipients of
CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds to include local veterans organizations, such as the VFW and the
American Legion.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the creation of an Oakland
County COVID-19 Veterans Relief Program Oversight Committee. The Oversight Committee will be
comprised of the following representatives:
(1) One Oakland County Commissioner from the majority party; and an alternate
(1) One Oakland County Commissioner from the minority party; and an alternate
• (1) One Representative appointed by the Oakland County Executive.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is needed at this time as funding is available in
the "Oakland County COVID-19 Veterans Relief " program.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Pandemic Response and Econgrn ecovery�or ittee, I�r�ove the
adoption of the foregoing
resolution. �� I
Commissioner David T. Woodward, District #19
Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic
Recovery Committee
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #20366 September 3, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Zack the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray,
Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson,
Gingell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 3,
2020, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 31d day of September,
HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTIONS Lisa Brown, Oakland County