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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
June 23, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-237 ,
Sponsored By: Penny Luebs
Health & Human Services - Resolution Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds for the Double tTp Food Bucks Program
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the United States Treasury allocated Oakland County $244,270,9=49 of Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds (LFRF) established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Department of Treasury's Final Rule, the County may use these finds at
their discretion to support eligible investments in public health expenditures, address negative economic
impacts caused by the public health ennergency; replace lost public sector revenue; provide premium pay for
essential workers and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructue; and
WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the inequities surrounding food access and affordability
leading to increased food insecurity and further limited access to healthy food for Oakland County families: and
WHEREAS the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition benefits to supplement
the food budget of low-income families so they can purchase healthy food; and
WHEREAS SNAP benefits aim to address food insecurity but limits in the ability to purchase fresh fruits and
vegetables, which are essential for a healthy life: and
WHEREAS the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), a program of the Fair Food Network-. aims to provide greater
access to fresh. nutritious fruits and vegetables through increasing the purchasing power of people enrolled in
SNAP; and ,
WHEREAS DUFB is a valuable resource to help families meet the pandemic -related surge in food costs and
help supplement lowered incomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic: and
WHEREAS the Fair Food Network has identified Oakland County as an area of opportunity to expand the
Double Up Food Bucks program; and ,
WHEREAS the Fair Food Network will enroll new SNAP retailers onto DUFB through administrative support
and upgrade retailers' point -of -sale systems needed to effectively administer DUFB and/or online SNAP sales,
and develop a county -wide communications and education campaign about DUFB: and provide incentive
dollars for families shopping at Oakland County sites: and
WHEREAS American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $250,000 will support
increasing food security and healthy food access through expansion of the DUFB program in Oakland County,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes a
one-time appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal Recovery funding in the amount of
S250,000 to the Fair Food Network to support the Double Up Food Bucks expansion in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Health and Human Services shall act as contract
administrator and shall be authorized to enter into a contract for services with the Fair Food Network. subject to
review by the Purchasing Division and Corporation Counsel
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that annual reports detailing expenditures and performance metrics shall be
forwarded to the Board of Conunissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of the appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act -Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds for programs and services by Oakland County shall not obligate a commitment of the General
Fund unless authorized by action of the Board of Conunissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a FY 2022 budget shall be annended as detailed in the attached Schedule
A- Budget Annendment,
Chairperson, the following Conrrnissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs.
0— rd, Date: June 23, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: June 24, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
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Date: June 27, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk I Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-06-1 1 Public Health & Safety - recormuend and forward to Finance
2022-06-15 Finance - recornnnend to Board
2022-06-23 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by C'onunissioner Charles Cavell seconded by Conunissioner Michael Gingell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for the Double Up Food
Bucks Program.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Angela Powell,
Thomas Kuhn. Chuck Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III. Yolanda Snith Charles, Charles
Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adann Koehenderfer (17)
No: Christine Long, Philip Weipert (2)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
ATTACHMENTS
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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 June 23, 2022. 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 on Thursday, June 23. 2022.
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