(A) The Board of Commissioners of Warrick County hereby establishes the Pandemic Relief Fund for the purpose of providing financial assistance to non-profit organizations in Warrick County in order to respond to, and mitigate against the effects of, COVID-19.
(B) An amount of $250,000 shall be placed in the Pandemic Relief Fund from Fund No. 1000.31116.000.0068. The application of monies in the Pandemic Relief Fund shall be according to the discretion of the Board of Commissioners of Warrick County.
(C) The Pandemic Relief Fund shall remain in effect until June 1, 2021, or until such time as the public health emergency, as declared by the Governor of the State of Indiana on March 6, 2020, expires or is otherwise rescinded, whichever occurs first. Following such termination of the Pandemic Relief Fund, the remaining fund balance, if any, shall revert to Fund No. 1000.31116.000.0068.
(D) Such financial assistance to non-profit organizations from the Pandemic Relief Fund shall be in the form of grant awards to each approved non-profit organization, in amounts to be determined by the Board of Commissioners of Warrick County. Warrick County shall enter into a grant agreement with each non-profit organization that is provided financial assistance from the Pandemic Relief Fund, which shall specify that said non-profit organization's use of such monies may be audited by Warrick County. The Board of Commissioners of Warrick may, from time to time, adopt other rules and procedures regarding the administration and/or provision of any financial assistance to non-profit organizations from the Pandemic Relief Fund.
(BC Ord. 2021-13, passed 2-8-21)