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AGENDA ITEM: Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
DEPARTMENT: Executive's Office
MEETING: Board of Commissioners
DATE: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 6:00 PM - Click to View Agenda
ITEM SUMMARY SHEET
COMMITTEE REPORT TO BOARD
Resolution #2025-4940 _ 25-4
Motion to adopt the attached suggested resolution.
ITEM CATEGORY SPONSORED BY
Budget Amendment Gwen Markham
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes
Committee members can contact Barbara Winter, Policy and Fiscal Analysis Supervisor at
248.821.3065 or winterb@oakgov.com or the department contact persons listed for additional
information.
CONTACT
Sean Carlson, Deputy County Executive II
ITEM REVIEW TRACKING
Aaron Snover, Board of Commissioners Created/Initiated - 2/11/2025
David Woodward, Board of Commissioners Approved - 2/11/2025
Walt Herzig, Executive's Office Approved - 2/12/2025
Lisa Brown, Clerk/Register of Deeds Final Approval - 2/25/2025
AGENDA DEADLINE: 02/24/2025 7:36 PM
ATTACHMENTS
None
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2025-02-05 Finance - Recommend to Board
2025-02-11 Full Board - Adopt
Motioned by: Commissioner Michael Gingell
Seconded by: Commissioner Penny Luebs
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen Joliat, Kristen
Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela Powell, Marcia Gershenson,
William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault,
Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley (18)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Gwen Markham (1)
Passed
February 11, 2025
RESOLUTION #2025-4940 _ 25-4
Sponsored By: Gwen Markham
Executive's Office - Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Chair and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the United States Treasury allocated Oakland County $244,270,949 of Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds (LFRF) established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Final Rule, the County may use these funds at their discretion
to support eligible investments in public health expenditures, address negative economic impacts
caused by the public health emergency; replace lost public sector revenue; provide premium pay for
essential workers; and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Final Rule’s Frequently Asked Questions as updated by the
United States Department of Treasury in March of 2024, recipients may reclassify funds from an
LFRF-funded activity to another expenditure which would be eligible under the LFRF Final Rule; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners appropriated $18,000,000 of LFRF funds to
THRIVE to provide consulting and technical assistance to small businesses in Oakland County, of
which $5,881,321 is currently unspent; and
WHEREAS expenditure of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for base payroll costs incurred prior to
December 31, 2024 is an eligible expenditure under federal guidance, resulting in General Fund
savings that may be used for other purposes; and
WHEREAS these General Fund savings are being designated for use by THRIVE to continue
providing vital services to small businesses in Oakland County beyond the December 31, 2026
expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act;
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 $5,881,321 to fund base payroll costs incurred in the Department budgets in the first quarter of FY
2025 (October 1, 2024-December 31, 2024) broken down as follows:
Management and Budget $4,204,166
Economic Development $1,050,732
Department of Public Communications $626,423
Total $5,881,321
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes a one-
time appropriation in the amount of $5,881,321 from the General Fund to THRIVE for the purpose
described above;
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 Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2025 budget shall be amended in the First Quarterly
Forecast for FY 2025.
Chair, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Gwen Markham.
Date: February 11, 2025
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: February 12, 2025
Walt Herzig, Chief Deputy County Executive
Date: February 25, 2025
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2025-02-05 Finance - Recommend to Board
2025-02-11 Full Board - Adopt
Motioned by Commissioner Michael Gingell seconded by Commissioner Penny Luebs to adopt the
attached Budget Amendment: Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson,
Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller
III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor,
Robert Smiley (18)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Gwen Markham (1)
Passed
ATTACHMENTS
None
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
February 11, 2025, 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 Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds