(A) Fund established. There is hereby established a fund to be known as the ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.
(B) Sources of funding. The source of funding includes monies allocated to the city from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and distributed to the city in 2021 and 2022.
(C) Uses of funding.
(1) The city shall distribute the funds pursuant to the United States Treasury Final Rule, and such funds must be obligated by December 31, 202 and incurred by December 31, 2026. The Common Council understands that the Final Rule allows the city discretion over such funds to respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, such as:
(a) To respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
(b) To respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the city that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work;
(c) For the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of the city due to the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the city prior to the emergency, that being 2019; or
(d) To make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
(2) The Common Council shall adopt a plan which provides details for the use of funds.
(D) This section may be amended from time to time if additional guidance is received from any federal or state agency.
(E) The ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund shall exist until terminated by ordinance of the Common Council. Monies from this Fund may not be transferred to another fund of the city.
(Ord. 2021-7, passed 6-8-21; Am. Ord. 2022-21, passed 10-18-22)