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Consider a memorandum/resolution accepting the FY20 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Grant from the Department of Justice.
SUMMARY
DATE: June 23, 2020
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Peter C. Perez, Emergency Management Coordinator
SUBJECT: FY20 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Grant
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
In response to the Coronavirus-19 pandemic, the Department of Justice issued the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Grant to support a broad range of activities including preventing, preparing for, and responding to the Coronavirus-19 pandemic. The City of Killeen is one of 120 municipalities in the State that received a direct allocation to apply for.
Allowable projects include, overtime, equipment (including law enforcement and medical personal protective equipment), hiring, supplies (such as gloves, mask, sanitizer), training, travel expenses (particularly related to the distribution of resources to the most impacted areas), and addressing the medical needs of inmates in state, local, and tribal prisons, jails, and detention centers.
City Staff applied for, and have been awarded, a total of $230,937.00 of direct funding from the Department of Justice CESF Grant.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
1. Not accept the grant funds.
2. Accept the grant funds.
Which alternative is recommended? Why?
Staff recommends that Council accept the grant funds and direct the City Manager to do the same by signing the grant contract.
CONFORMITY TO CITY POLICY:
All purchases with these grant funds will adhere to City and Federal purchasing policies.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
What is the amount of the expenditure in the current fiscal year? For future years?
The grant has a performance period of 1/20/2020 - 1/31/2022 to spend the $230,937.00 award.
Is this a one-time or recurring expenditure?
One-time
Is this expenditure bud...
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