REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SANTINO DANISI, MBA, Finance Director/City Controller
BY: ALMA G. TORRES, Deputy City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
COURTNEY ESPINOZA, Business Manager
Finance Department, Grants Management Unit
SUBJECT
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Actions related to the reallocation of the American Rescue Plan Act appropriations in order to improve compliance reporting requirements.
1. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 28th and 30th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No 2022-154 reallocating $67,253,800 in appropriations related to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) from the General Fund to the ARPA Fund in order to improve compliance reporting requirements (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
2. ***RESOLUTION - Approve the Non-AAR reallocation of $57,013,000 in appropriations in the American Rescue Plan Act Fund from the Finance Department to various Departments in order to improve compliance reporting requirements (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends the Fresno City Council approve the 28th, and 30th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No 2022-154 to reallocate American Rescue Plan Act appropriations in the General Fund for ARPA related project to the ARPA Fund, and the Non-AAR intended to reallocate appropriation in the ARPA fund established in the Finance Department to various departments. These actions are in response to finding 2022-002 Internal Controls Over Preparation of Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno was a recipient of $170,808,029 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $1.9 trillion emergency relief measure authorized by Congress and signed into law by the President in March of 2021, to address the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on public health and the national economy. In FY 2022 Coun...
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