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City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

07/07/2020

BACKGROUND

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 2020 (HR748) was duly passed into law by the 116th Congress and signed into law by the President of the United States on March 27, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 2020 (HR748) was duly passed into law by the 116th Congress and signed into law by the President of the United States on March 27, 2020.

The CARES Act was enacted to facilitate protective measures for and recovery from the public health emergency in areas affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which are Presidentially-declared major disaster areas under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)

The CARES Act was intended to provide financial relief to federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act stipulated that the United States Department of the Treasury would give funding directly to counties and municipalities with a population greater than 500,000.

Bexar County received such funding directly from the United States Department of the Treasury as a result of the CARES Act. The State of Texas on May 22, 2020, encouraged those counties receiving direct funding from the Treasury to provide funding to its citizens within the unincorporated and incorporated areas of a county’s borders.

Bexar County has offered an interlocal agreement to each of its suburban cities that allows reimbursement for certain COVID-19 expenses as authorized by the Department of the Treasury.

GOAL

Attached is the Interlocal Grant Agreement between Bexar County and the City of Schertz for the distribution of federal Coronavirus relief funds and a resolution approving the Interlocal Agreement to accept the relief funds from Bexar County.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

Reimbursement funds from Bexar County.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approve Resolution No. 20-R-74.

FISCAL IMPACT

The City will received reimbursement funds from Bexar County for certain COVID-19 related expenses.

RECOMMENDATION

Approve Resolution 20-R-74.

Attachments
Resolution 20-R-64
ILA Bexar County