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Authorize the use of up to $2,000,000 in General Fund Contingency to pay for costs related to COVID-19 emergency response, pending reimbursement from state and federal emergency appropriations (4/5 vote required); and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) increasing expenditures in Fund 282 County Disaster Fund by $2,000,000 funded by a transfer from General Fund Contingency (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The County Administrator's Office recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the use of up to $2,000,000 in General Fund Contingency to pay for costs related to COVID-19 emergency response, pending reimbursement from state and federal emergency appropriations (4/5 vote required); and
2. Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) increasing expenditures in Fund 282 County Disaster Fund by $2,000,000 funded by a transfer from General Fund Contingency (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak the following actions have occurred:
On February 27, 2020, Birgitta Corsello, County Administrator, signed a Proclamation of Local Emergency in response to an extreme threat to public health that now exists in Solano County due to the identification of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Solano County.
On March 3, 2020 your Board ratified this Proclamation of Local Emergency making Solano County eligible for any available State and federal relief funds as may be available to reimburse the County for expenses it incurs in addressing this emergency.
On March 4, 2020 the Governor of California declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state prepare for broader spread of COVID-19.
On March 6, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Prepar...
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