Fiscal Note
This resolution approves Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) as a subrecipient of $1,450,000 of the City’s allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). PHMDC is a joint City-County agency that is a separate legal entity from the City of Madison and as a separate legal entity, a subrecipient agreement is required to transfer funds from the City’s ARPA SLFRF allocation to PHMDC. No additional City appropriation is required for the proposed resolution.
On July 6, 2021, the Madison Common Council adopted RES-21-00487 (File ID 65935), accepting and allocating a portion of the first tranche of ARPA SLFRF awarded to the City. That resolution outlined a plan for community investments, which included funding for PHMDC for the following: violence prevention initiatives ($1,200,000), Community Alternative Response for Emergency Services (CARES) Support and Evaluation ($150,000), and PFAS Education, Outreach, and Coordination ($100,000). RES-21-00487 allocated $360,000 to PHMDC for these initiatives in 2021, and the 2022 Executive Operating Budget allocates an additional $1,090,000 to PHMDC.
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SUBSTITUTE BY TITLE ONLY. Resolution authorizing a $1,450,000 sub-award of American Rescue Plan Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Public Health Madison Dane County as a subrecipient, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a subrecipient agreement with the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County for such purposes, which include implementing programs for violence prevention and emerging needs, as described in Legistar file 65935.
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WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, The Madison Common Council adopted RES-21-00487, accepting and allocating a portion of the first tranche of American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) awarded to the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, within that adopted resolution, $1,450,000 was approved to support Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) in 2021 and 2022, including $1,200,000 for violence prevention initiatives that support the Madison and Dane County Violence Prevention Roadmap, $150,000 for Community Alternative Response for Emergency Services (CARES) support and evaluation, and $100,000 for PFAS education, outreach and coordination; and
WHEREAS, RES-21-00487 (File ID 65935) appropriated $360,000 of ARPA funds for PHMDC in 2021and the 2022 Executive Operating Budget includes $1,090,000 of ARPA funds for PHMDC in 2022; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2021, The Madison Common Council accepted the “report on the criteria and processes for allocating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding appropriated in the 2021 budget” provided in Legislative File #66453 and on August 31, 2021 the City provided its first required report to the US Department of Treasury, which is linked to this file; and
WHEREAS, within the August 31, 2021 Treasury Report (on pages 14, 15, and 31), the context and use of the funding for PHMDC is outlined, and
WHEREAS, awarding the funds in this way is consistent with the allowable uses for ARPA local fiscal recovery funds under Expenditure Category 3, Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities, and the specific sub-categories for each project are outlined below:
Project U.S. Treasury Expenditure Category (EC)
Violence Prevention Initiatives 3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community Violence Interventions
CARES Support and Evaluation 3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other
PFAS Education, Outreach and Coordination 3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other
and;
WHEREAS, PHMDC is a joint City-County agency that is a separate legal entity from the City of Madison and as a separate legal entity, a subrecipient agreement is required to transfer funds from the City’s ARPA SLFRF allocation to PHMDC; and
WHEREAS, under the US Treasury Guidance for ARPA’s local fiscal recovery funds and general federal guidelines, procurements over the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000 are subject to competitive procurement requirements, and while this is a subrecipient relationship and not a procured service, to the extent that competitive selection would be required by federal rules and local rules, this award meets the federal criteria for noncompetitive selection under 2 CFR 200.320(c)(2), “the item is available only from a single source;” and
WHEREAS, PHMDC is strongly encouraged, if conducting any of its own procurement with this federal funding, to take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority businesses, women’s business enterprises and other disadvantaged and targeted businesses; and
WHEREAS, PHMDC will be required to agree to federal terms and conditions and will be monitored as a recipients of federal ARPA funding as required by federal regulation and US Treasury Guidance;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Common Council approves Public Health Madison Dane County as a subrecipient of $1,450,000 in ARPA state and local fiscal recovery funds, and authorizes the Mayor and Clerk are authorized to sign the appropriate agreement(s) with the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County in a format approved by the City Attorney.