RESOLUTION NO. _______
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT GRANT PROGRAMMATIC SPENDING PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINAL RULE PUBLISHED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act “ARPA” was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President of United States on March 11th, 2021; and WHEREAS, Congress provided $45.6 billion in ARPA for allocations to metropolitan cities having a population of 50,000 residents or more; and WHEREAS, City of Rialto is slated to receive $29,373,105 in funding split into two even tranches available one year from each other, with the first tranche being immediately available; and WHEREAS, the United States Treasury has published its Final Rule on fund utilization, which outlines specific eligibility compliance across a broad range of activities; and WHEREAS, the City of Rialto seeks to ensure straightforward compliance with the United States Treasury Final Rule on fund utilization while simultaneously meeting the needs of the community to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council does hereby find, determine, and resolve as follows:
Section 1. The ARPA Grant Programmatic Spending Plan will be established to account for the revenue and expenditures determined by the City of Rialto as necessary to respond to COVID-19 public health emergency and within compliance of the United States Treasury’s Final Rule and Certify the COVID-19 Emergency response by Rialto Police and Fire Departments.
Section 2. The ARPA Grant Programmatic Spending Plan fund shall be allocated a fund budget amount of $29,373,105 with directly eligible expenditures reported to the United States Treasury as follows:
1) $10,000,000 in direct revenue loss; and
2) $19,373,105 in Certified COVID-19 Public Safety Recovery; Reported expenditures shall be approved through the expiration of the ARPA timeline, ensuring all funds are intended to be obligated by December 31, 2024, or otherwise fully exhausted no later than December 31, 2026.
Local funds otherwise made available for expenditures for other governmental purposes in the amount of $29,373,105 as a result of the reported expenditures in the same amount will continue to be appropriated for the various programs and projects approved by the City Council on October 26, 2021, and December 14, 2021, and will not change as a result of the action taken by this Resolution.
Section 3. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to act as an official representative of the City of Rialto for all certification and reporting purposes of ARPA as established under the United States Treasury.
Section 4. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to move appropriations between eligible expenditure categories in the ARPA Grant Programmatic Spending Plan fund as is deemed necessary given any material changes in compliance requirements from the United States Treasury, or material changes in underlying assumptions upon the notification of the City Council and concurrence from the City Manager.
Section 5. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer funds from the ARPA Grant Programmatic Spending Plan fund to reimburse eligible operating funds for eligible spend areas outlined within the programmatic spending plan.
Section 6. The City Manager does hereby attest as to the certification of a dedication of at least 10% of Rialto Police Department and at least 60% of Rialto Fire Department’s resources “primarily dedicated” to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic during the period of March 2, 2021, through June 30, 2022, as dates and obtained by a reasonable estimate from the Rialto Police Chief and Acting Rialto Fire Chief.
PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of March 2022. _______________________________
DEBORAH ROBERTSON, Mayor
ATTEST:
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BARBARA A. McGEE, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ERIC S. VAIL, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RIALTO )
I, Barbara McGee, City Clerk of the City of Rialto, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rialto held on the day of March 2022.
Upon motion of Council Member , seconded by Council Member , the foregoing Resolution No. was duly passed and adopted.
Vote on the motion:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Official Seal of the City of Rialto this day of March, 2022. _______________________________
BARBARA A. McGEE, CITY CLERK
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