Memorandum
Date: August 25, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Cathy Saderlund, Auditor-Controller-Clerk/Disaster Finance Chief
Subject: (a) Consideration of recommendations of ad hoc committee regarding use of CARES Act funds, and (b) Consideration of a Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2020-72 and the Position Allocation Chart for Fiscal Year 2020-21 Establishing Position Allocations for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, Budget Unit 1920, Disaster Response and Recovery and Budget Unit No. 1121, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk.
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
Over the past several weeks, we have worked with an ad hoc committee of your Board, including Supervisor Brown, Supervisor Sabatier, Health Services Director Denise Pomeroy and staff, to draft a plan for our $6,590,000 CARES Act allocation, which must be utilized by 12/30/20.
CARES Act funds are allocated for necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020, specifically, for the purposes of covering direct disaster response costs and for second order effects resulting from the disaster.
Today, the ad hoc committee is seeking the Board's conceptual approval for the use of CARES Act funds as indicated below, with the understanding that we will return to the Board for further consideration and approval in the event utilization needs to change.
Disaster Response Costs $5,540,000
Baseline disaster response expenses, Emergency Operations Center/Public Health staffing, services, supplies and equipment, Special Department (Public Services, Child Welfare) needs to ensure the safety of the public and equipment needs for the Jail, the Day Reporting Center and the Library.
Second Order Effects $1,050,000
Grants to local businesses - program criteria still under development. Support for Senio...
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