HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2025.02.11 - 41884 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