Agenda Date: 05/19/2020
Subject:
Title
Resolution 46-2020: Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between City of Littleton and Jefferson County regarding the CARES Act Local Government Distributions
Body
Prepared by:
Reid Betzing, City Attorney
PURPOSE:
To approve or not approve an IGA between the City of Littleton and Jefferson County to receive a portion of CARES Act monies allocated to Jefferson County.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Reid Betzing, City Attorney
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
On March 13, 2020, pursuant to C.R.S. ? 24-33.5-709(1), the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County declared a local disaster emergency due to COVID-19. Because the cost and magnitude of responding to and recovering from the impact of the pandemic is expected to exceed available resources, the effect of a declaration of local disaster emergency is to activate the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local and interjurisdictional disaster and emergency plans and to authorize the furnishing of aid and assistance under such plans, as set forth in C.R.S. ? 24-33.5-709(2).
On March 27, 2020, the United States Congress adopted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136, div. A, Title V (the "CARES Act"), which established a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (the "Fund"). Pursuant to the CARES Act, the United States Treasury ("Treasury") will make payments from the Fund to States and eligible units of local government. Those eligible unites of local government were considered to be Counties and/or Cities that had a population of 500,000 persons or more.
Jefferson County having a population over 500,000 persons requested and received a share of the Fund from the US Department of Treasury pursuant to the CARES Act and desires to distribute to local governments, including the City of Littleton, within Jefferson County. The proposed distribution to local governments is ap...
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