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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.11.19 - 33910REQUESTING SUSPENSION OF THE BOARD RULES FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION UNDER NEW BUSINESS MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20591 BY: Commissioner Michael Spisz, District #3 IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — APPROVAL OF REIMBURSEMENT APPLICATION FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE OAKLAND TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM — BRANDON TOWNSHIP To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Oakland County's local governments and their front-line essential services employees have been an integral partner in the implementation of Oakland County's coordinated strategies for COVID-19 public health/emergency response and economic recovery; and WHEREAS the County of Oakland was allocated $219,438,710 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Acts (CARES Act) — Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) to respond directly to the emergency as well as expenditures incurred to respond to second -order effects of the emergency; and WHEREAS guidance provided by the U.S. Treasury in "Coronavirus Relief Fund, Frequently Asked Questions" dated May 4, 2020, indicates that a county may but is not required to allocate funds to a local government within the county; and WHEREAS pursuant to Miscellaneous Resolution #20187, Oakland County established an Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Grant program with an allocation of $35,000,000 of CARES Act - Coronavirus Relief Funds to provide an opportunity for Oakland County to aid local government jurisdictions experiencing a significant financial burden related directly to the COVID-19 public health emergency; and WHEREAS Brandon Township demonstrated an eligible plan to utilize CARES Act funding in accordance with the U.S. Treasury guidelines in their reimbursement application. The eligible reimbursement application is included as "Attachment A"; and WHEREAS the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Oversight Committee has reviewed the eligible plan and grant application from Brandon Township and recommends the disbursement of $240,641.90 from the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Grant Program from CARES Act — Coronavirus Relief Funds; and WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has previously approved an interlocal agreement with Brandon Township to participate in the Grant Program. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the eligible reimbursement application from Brandon Township and authorizes the disbursement of $240,641.90 from the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Grant Program from CARES Act — Coronavirus Relief Funds. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this resolution to Oakland County Fiscal Services and Brandon Township. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required as the appropriation for the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Grant Program was authorized with Miscellaneous Resolution #20187 adopted on June 4, 2020. Chairperson, I move for the adoption of the foregoing resolution. Commissio er Michael Spisz District #3 Attachment A Oakland Together COMD Support Fund Expenditure Submission Form Application ID 11233M Government Facility receiving Funds Payee Township of Brandon Local Government Facility F Municipality (CVT) r Library/Community Center/Senior Center CVT Name This is the legal entity that Is receivng the funds Brandon Twp Government Facility Street Address Mailing Address i, P.O. Box929 Address Line 2 City State! Province / Region Ortonville MI Postal / Zip Code Country 48462 United States of America Submission Information I Name David Kwapis Title Fire Chief Email dkwapis@brandonfire.us Phone 248-627-4000 Authorized Official Individual authorized to sign Interlocal Agreement Name Kathy Thurman Title Supervisor Email kthurman@brandontownship.us Phone 248-627-4918 Funding Information Payment Method f Electronic (ACH) r Check Payment Remittance Address Address P.O. Box929 City Ortonville Expenditures Expenditure ID 11233M-1 State MI ZIP Code 48462 Expenditure Description Force Labor Expenditure Category Payroll for Public Health and Safety Employees Start Date 3/24/2020 Amount $ 198,049.37 End Date 5/30/2020 Compliance Explanation On March 10, 2020 the State of Michigan issued a state of emergency order due to covid-19, which was followed up by an additional executive order on March 24, 2020, requiring all Non -essential workers to stay at home. Brandon Township and the Brandon Fire Department complied Wth the executive order. The majority of Brandon Township employees are Fire / EMS staff, and deemed Essential workers to provide services to the public from the pandemic, including emergency treatment and transport of COVID-19 patients. The fire department brought in extra staffing to ensure that there were enough essential workers to cover emergency calls from this pandemic. Our region also provided backup support to other areas in the county that had an extensive increase in emergency calls and lack of staff. This continued through May 30, 2020. We are asking for the wages during this pandemic period for emergency response personnel, who were dedicated to the emergency response of COVID-19 patients in the amount of $198,049,37. This amount takes into consideration a pending FEMA Award that has not been Obligated as of submission date. The document included below shows the FEMA requested expenditures PA Grant. Compliance Records See Attached Excel spreadsheet. Paychex reports for the pay periods that this request encompasses, available upon request. Attachment All expenditures must be supported by records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of payments from the Fund have been in accordance with section 601 (d) of the Social Security Act, MARCH 24-JUNE 27 2020 FT WAGES xis.xls 70KB Expenditure Approval* r Approved C Rejected Expenditure ID 11233M-2 Expenditure Description FEMA 25% match Expenditure Category Personal Protective Equipment Start Date 3/23/2020 End Date 5/30/2020 Amount $ 7,749.60 Compliance Explanation See Attached cover sheet Compliance Records See the cover sheet that is included for all 3. Attachment All expenditures must be supported by records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of payments from the Fund have been in accordance mwth section 601 (d) of the Social Security Act. Oakland CARES funding request Brandon '180.13K8 Township.pdf Expenditure Approval* r Approved C Rejected Expenditure ID 11233M-3 Expenditure Description Force Equipment and contracts non covered by FEMA Expenditure Category Personal Protective Equipment Start Date 3/23/2020 End Date 6/30/2020 Amount $ 6,714.17 Compliance Explanation See attached cover sheet Compliance Records see excel spreadsheet i Attachment All expenditures must be supported by records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of payments from the Fund have been in accordance vnth section 601 (d) of the Social Security Act. Brandon 90_124 updated form xls.xlsx.As 157KB Expenditure Approval* r Approved f Rejected Total Submitted Amount $ 211,513.14 Total Approved Amount $ Compliance Requirements By submitting this Form the applicant affirms that it Wit abide by each of the follovdng requirements when using Oakland Together COVID Support funds. Please check the box next to each requirement to confirm your intent to abide by these W The expenditure of the funds is necessary due to the public health emergency Wth respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). W The expenditures were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020. fJ The expenditures were or wit be incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020 and ends on December 30, 2020. IJ; The expenditures are not being used as revenue replacement for the Public Body (CVT) to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify under the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund. Upon approval of this Form, the applicant will be provided with an Interlocal Agreement or Contract, which must be executed prior to the release of any funds, and Which lists further requirements including but not limited to: - The applicant must agree to participate in the production of documents required by any future audit of the CARES Act program, and funds not spend in accordance with the Act must be returned to the County. • The applicant must agree that they have not received federal or state funds to cover these expenditures and in the event they receive direct funding from the federal or state government to cover these expenses, the county money will be returned. Date Submitted 10/16/2020 Oakland Together COVID Support Fund Expenditure Submission Form Application ID 11395M Government Facility receiving Funds Payee Township of Brandon Local Government Facility 6 Municipality (CVT) f Library/Community Center/Senior Center CVT Name This is the legal entity that is receiving the funds Brandon Twp Government Facility Street Address Mailing Address P.O. Box 929 Address Line 2 City State / Province I Region Ortonville MI Postal / Zp Code Country 48462 United States of America Submission Information Name David Kwapis Title Fire Chief Email dkvepis@brandonfire.us Phone 124-862-7400 Authorized Official Indiudual authorized to sign Intedocal Agreement Name Kathy Thurman Title Supervisor Email kthurman@brandontownship.us Phone 248-627-4000 Funding Information Payment Method r Electronic (ACH) f Check Payment Remittance Address Address P.O. Box 929 City Ortonville State MI ZIP Code 48462 Expenditures i Expenditure ID 11395M-1 Expenditure Description Force Labor Expenditure Category Administrative Expenses Start Date 6/1/2020 End Date 6/30/2020 Amount $ 1,867.92 Compliance Explanation On March 10, 2020 the State of Michigan issued a state of emergency order due to covid-19, which was followed up by an additional executive order on March 24, 2020, requiring all Non -essential workers to stay at home. Brandon Township and the Brandon Fire Department complied with the executive order. Staff continued to work in the office and home to keep township operations running. Compliance Records see attached. Attachment All expenditures must be supported by records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of payments from the Fund have been in accordance with section 601 (d) of the Social Security Act. BRANDON TWP CARES ACT PAYROLL 29KB JUNE.xls Expenditure Approval* r Approved r Rejected Expenditure ID 11395M-2 Expenditure Description Labor Force Expenditure Category Payroll for Public Health and Safety Employees Start Date 5/31/2020 End Date 6/30/2020 Amount $ 91,315.20 Compliance Explanation Request for CARES funding: On March 10, 2020 the State of Michigan issued a state of emergency order due to covid-19, which was followed up by an additional executive order on March 24, 2020, requiring all Non -essential workers to stay at home. Brandon Township and the Brandon Fire Department complied with the executive order. The majority of Brandon Township employees are Fire / EMS staff, and deemed Essential workers to provide services to the public from the pandemic, including emergency treatment and transport of COVID-19 patients. The fire department brought in extra staffing to ensure that there were enough essential workers to cover emergency calls from this pandemic. Our region also provided backup support to other areas in the county that had an extensive increase in emergency calls and lack of staff. This continued through June 30, 2020. We are asking for the wages during this pandemic period for emergency response personnel, who were dedicated to the emergency response of COVID-19 patients in the amount of $ 91,315.20 . Compliance Records see attached Attachment All expenditures must be supported by records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of payments from the Fund have been in accordance with section 601 (d) of the Social Security Act. BRANDON FD CARES ACT PAYROLL JUNE.As 294.5KB Expenditure Approval* r Approved r Rejected Total Submitted Amount $ 93,183.12 Total Approved Amount $ 29,128.76 Pay Partial Amount n Yes CVT Cap Amount $ Previously $ Awarded Compliance Requirements By submitting this Fonn the applicant affirms that it will abide by each of the following requirements when using Oakland Together COVID Supped funds. Please check the box next to each requirement to confirm your intent to abide by these W The expenditure of the funds is necessary due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). W The expenditures were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020, 17 The expenditures were or will be incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020 and ends on December 30, 2020. W The expenditures are not being used as revenue replacement for the Public Body (CVT) to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify under the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund. Upon approval of this Form, the applicant will be provided with an Interlocal Agreement or Contract, which must be executed prior to the release of any funds, and which lists further requirements including but not limited to: ® The applicant must agree to participate in the production of documents required by any future audit of the CARES Act program, and funds not spend in accordance with the Act must be returned to the County. ® The applicant must agree that they have not received federal or state funds to cover these expenditures and in the event they receive direct funding from the federal or state government to cover these expenses, the county money will be returned. Date Submitted 10/30/2020 Resolution #20591 November 19, 2020 Moved by Weipert seconded by Powell to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolutions #20588 through #20622 - Board of Commissioners — Approval of Interlocal Agreement/Application for Disbursement with (Jurisdiction) for Distribution of CARES Act Funding. A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolutions #20588 through #20622 - Board of Commissioners — Approval of Interlocal Agreement/Application for Disbursement with (Jurisdiction) for Distribution of CARES Act Funding carried. Moved by Weipert seconded by Powell resolutions #20588 - #20622 be adopted. Vote on resolutions: AYES: McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham. (21) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions were adopted. 1, CL. HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION CHIEF REPIU, i':O'UNTY EXECUTIVE ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7) 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 November 19, 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 19th day of November, 2020. Lisa Brown, Oakland County