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<br />To view the final document, access adopted Resolutions via Arden Hills Public Laserfiche Weblink by visiting cityofardenhills.org and clicking on Archived Documents under Helpful Links on our main webpage. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2020-056 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ALLOCATING CARES ACT FUNDING <br />FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL COSTS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided <br />federal funds to the State of Minnesota, and the legislature and Governor thereby distributed these <br />funds to local governments throughout Minnesota to deal with the financial impacts of COVID <br />19; and <br />WHEREAS, the CARES funding requires a three-point test for utilization of the funds <br />that they be: <br />1. Necessary expenditures for responding to COVID 19, <br />2. Not accounted for in the original budget process, and <br />3. Incurred during the period of March 1, 2020 to November 15, 2020; and <br />WHEREAS, guidance from the United States Treasury for State, Territorial, Local and <br />Tribal Governments, outlined in their Frequently Asked Questions, updated on September 2, 2020, <br />indicated that local governments "may presume that payroll costs for the public health and public <br />safety employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to <br />the COVID-19 public health emergency, unless the chief executive (or equivalent) of the relevant <br />government determines that specific circumstances indicate otherwise"; and this same guidance <br />states that a cost was not accounted for in the most recently approved budget if the cost is for a <br />substantially different use; and <br />WHEREAS, guidance from the Inspector General of the United States Treasury for State, <br />Territorial, Local and Tribal Governments issued guidance updated on September 21, 2020, <br />indicating that governments “will not have to demonstrate/substantiate that a public health or <br />public safety employee’s function/duties were substantially dedicated to mitigating the emergency <br />but must maintain records and documentation supporting payroll amounts reimbursed using CRF <br />proceeds. As indicated in Treasury’s Guidance, as an administrative accommodation, governments <br />may presume that public health and public safety employees meet the substantially dedicated test, <br />unless the chief executive (or equivalent) of the relevant government determines that specific <br />circumstances indicate otherwise.”; and