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File #: 2023-1110   
Category: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/4/2023 Type: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 11/14/2023 Final action: 11/14/2023
Title: Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #23-053 in the amount of $23,628,220.45 through the 11937 ARPA Special Revenue Fund; 00112 Special Project Fund; and 00100 General Fund appropriating projects under the Seminole County Recovery Plan as general government services where applicable. Countywide (Timothy Jecks, Budget Director)
Attachments: 1. ARPA BUDGET TABLE 2023-10-10 UPDATE.pdf, 2. BAR #23-053 ARPA ONLY 10-24-23.pdf

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Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #23-053 in the amount of $23,628,220.45 through the 11937 ARPA Special Revenue Fund; 00112 Special Project Fund; and 00100 General Fund appropriating projects under the Seminole County Recovery Plan as general government services where applicable.  Countywide (Timothy Jecks, Budget Director)

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Resource Management - Grants Administration

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Authorized By:

Timothy Jecks, Budget Director

Contact/Phone Number:

George Woodring, Financial Grant Administrator/407-665-7168

Background:

In August 2021, the Board approved the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Seminole County Recovery Plan and was awarded $91,646,669.  The Recovery Plan specified projects such as Individual and Business Assistance with a hosted portal, Assistance to Nonprofit Organizations and Hotels, Community Paramedicine, Community Recreations and Facilities and Behavioral Health Initiatives in partnership with the Sheriff and municipalities for recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In the first-year reports to Treasury, the calculation of revenue loss due to the pandemic in year two exceeded the allocated funding allowing Seminole County to report expenditures for general government services where applicable. To accommodate accounting and reporting requirements of the grant, it is necessary to move some appropriations from the 11937 ARPA Special Revenue Fund to the General Fund and sub-fund 00112 Special Project Fund. There are no changes to the Seminole County Recovery Plan as approved by the Board.

This budget amendment streamlines reporting for annual financial statements and to Treasury for the expenditure of funds.  It will also assist to fully obligate the ARPA funding and mitigate claw-back. 

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Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #23-053 in the amount of $23,628,220.45 through the 11937 ARPA Special Revenue Fund; 00112 Special Project Fund; and 00100 General Fund appropriating projects under the Seminole County Recovery Plan as general government services where applicable.