AGENDA ITEM #6
TOWN OF FAIRFAX
STAFF REPORT
November 16, 2022
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Michele Gardner, Town Clerk
SUBJECT: Adoption of a resolution designating the Town Manager as the Town’s agent for purposes of obtaining certain federal and state financial assistance _______________________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution designating the Town Manager as its agent for purposes of obtaining certain federal and state financial assistance.
DISCUSSION
In order for the Town to obtain certain federal and/or state financial assistance for disasters, the Town must adopt a resolution authorizing the Town Manager to execute the required agreements and assurances for the funding. The resolution must be adopted every 3 years.
The previous Fairfax resolution has expired.
The attached resolution was prepared using the template provided by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES).
FISCAL IMPACT
Adoption of the resolution will allow the Town to receive federal and state assistance for disasters.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution
RESOLUTION 22-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX
DESIGNATING THE TOWN MANAGER AS ITS AGENT FOR PURPOSES
OF OBTAINING CERTAIN FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX THAT the Town Manager or his/her authorized designees, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the Town of Fairfax, a public entity established under the laws of the State of California, this application and to file it with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of obtaining certain federal financial assistance under Public Law 93- 288 as amended by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988, and/or state financial assistance under the California Disaster Assistance Act; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Town of Fairfax, a public entity established under the laws of the State of California, hereby authorizes its agent(s) to provide to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for all matters pertaining to such state disaster assistance the assurances and agreements required.
This is a universal resolution and is effective for all open and future disasters up to three (3) years following the date of approval below.
The foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Fairfax held in said Town on the 16th day of November 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Stephanie Hellman, Mayor
CERTIFICATION
I, Michele Gardner, duly appointed Town Clerk of the Town of Fairfax, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a Town of Fairfax Town Council Resolution passed and approved by the Fairfax Town Council on the 16th day of November 2022. _________________________
Michele Gardner, Town Clerk