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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Special Meeting: November 13, 2020
AGENDA ITEM: Allocation of CARES Act Funds AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: Logan Martin, City Administrator AGENDA NO. 2.c.
ATTACHMENTS: Final Spreadsheet,
Resolution 2020 - 121 APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion authorizing allocation of the final allotment of CARES
Act funds, as presented.
BACKGROUND
City staff has continued to work with local, state, and federal partners as we continue allocating our
$1,833,933 in CARES Act funds. All funds granted to the City must be expended by November 15 with a
subsequent report submitted to the MN Office of Management and Budget, so this will serve as the City’s
final allocation of all CARES Act funds.
Currently, staff is requesting the Council authorize allocation of the following expenses.
Funding Categories Allocation of Funds
Necessary expenditures to protect staff and
residents (PPE, Facility updates, teleworking)
$177,998.14
Public Safety Salaries $1,111,944.29
Necessary Expenditures for City Operations
This category of funds includes personal protective equipment already acquired, including masks, plexiglass,
cleaning solutions, and increased janitorial services. Also included is equipment needed to facilitate
teleworking for staff during the pandemic, including laptops, internet boosters, along with Federally
provided COVID sick leave. The final total of these costs is $177,998.14; previously $60,646.83 has been
allocated.
Public Safety Salaries
Guidance from the Federal government and confirmed by our local partners has clarified that Public Safety
Salaries are an eligible expense for the CARES Act funds. Discussion from the City Council has been to
utilize this funding option as the last strategy, so staff has been purposeful on ensuring that all other needs
in the operation have been met. Also, significant effort has been made to expand the business grant program
to ensure that all interested and eligible businesses can access the program. As all those avenues have been
exhausted, staff is now prepared to allocate the final segment of CARES funding to Public Safety Salary
expenses that have occurred from March to November.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council authorize a resolution providing for the final allocation of CARES Act
funds, as presented above.
CARES Act Allocation Tracking
Date Council Action Description Amount
8/4/2020 Res. 2020 - 92 Creation of the Small Business Grant Program 500,000$ **Actual spend = 379,995.74$
9/1/2020 Res. 2020 - 95 Assistance Provided to 360 Comm. 50,000$
9/1/2020 Res. 2020 - 117 Assistance Provided to Fairview Hospitals 53,348$
9/1/2020 Res. 2020 - 95 Replayment of City costs for PPE (March 2020 to August 2020) 60,646.83$
9/15/2020 Res. 2020 - XX Approving CARES Grant program Vrs. 2 (downtown focus) 200,000$ **Actual spend = 379,995.74$
11/13/2020 Res. 2020 - XX Authorizating final allocation of CARES Act Funds (public safety) 1,111,944$
11/13/2020 Res. 2020 - XX Authorizating final allocation of CARES Act Funds (PPE etc. Aug. through Nov.) 177,998$
Total Allocated
2,153,937$
Total Spent
1,833,933$
Total Received
1,833,933$
Amount Remaining
-$
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CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2020- 121
RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMOUNT’S CARES ACT FUNDS
WHEREAS, the spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Minnesota has raised
serious public health concerns and resulted in a great deal of uncertainty, and much remains
unknown about the virus and how it spreads; and
WHEREAS, On March 13, 2020, Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order
20-01 declaring a state of peacetime emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic in
Minnesota, which triggered activation of the emergency management plan of the City and
enabled the City to exercise its emergency powers; and
WHEREAS, The Governor has subsequently issued additional Executive Orders to combat
the impacts of COVID-19 within the State of Minnesota, which include closures of schools,
bars, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation, and directing Minnesotans to
stay at home (with exceptions for obtaining necessary supplies, healthcare and similar needs)
unless they are engaged in critical sector work; and
WHEREAS, On March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-44,
declaring a local emergency and directing City staff to take appropriate action to facilitate the
directives of the Council and authorizing City staff to take actions deemed necessary to
protect the public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the City has received Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(“CARES Act”) funds from the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, at its August 4, 2020 meeting the City created the Rosemount CARES Small
Business Grant Program and has determined to use $500,000 of CARES Act funds to
provide grants to small businesses within the City that have been impacted by COVID-19
due to required closures or decreased business; and
WHEREAS, the CARES Act and associated guidance from the US Department of the
Treasury provide that funds may be used to provide necessary emergency assistance to
individuals impacted by a loss of income due to the COVID-19 public health emergency,
including assistance to avoid evictions, and to provide food delivery to vulnerable
populations and other similar expenses to ensure compliance with public health measures;
and
WHEREAS, CARES Act funds may be used to cover eligible expenses incurred by local
governments in responding to the COVID-19 health pandemic; and.
WHEREAS, the City Council is prepared to authorize a subsequent round of funding
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allocations to support these described purposes; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Rosemount City Council as
follows:
1. The City of Rosemount shall utilize $177,998.14 for eligible expenses associated
directly with the City’s response to the public health crisis, including acquisition of
personal protective equipment, sanitizing products, expenses to facilitate or
improve teleworking capabilities, and expenses of providing paid sick, family, and
medical leave to public employees.
2. The City of Rosemount shall utilize $1,111,944.29 for eligible expenses associated
directly with the City’s response to the public health crisis, including public safety
salaries and benefits from March 2020 to November 2020.
ADOPTED this 13th day of November, 2020 by the City Council of the City of Rosemount.
William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk