20-80 - 12-15 - ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY UNDER CATEGORY B OF ITS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
RESOLUTION NO. 20-80
RESOLUTION Accepting a Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under
Category B of its Public Assistance Program
HEREAS, in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic(FEMA event number
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4531 DR-MN), the City of Golden Valley (the “City”) purchased personal protective
equipment (“PPE”) at the direction and guidance of public health officials, including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Minnesota Department of Health, and
Hennepin Health; and
WHEREAS, this PPE was required for the City to appropriately and safely respond
to the COVID-19 pandemic and to save lives and protect the public health; and
WHEREAS, seventy-five percent of the cost of the PPE is eligible for reimbursement
under Category B of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance
Program (the “Program”); and
WHEREAS, the City of Golden Valley applied for FEMA funding under the Program;
and
WHEREAS, the costs listed in the table below (the “PPC Costs”) are reasonable,
were authorized by the City Council in accordance with the City’s internal policies,
regulations and procedures; were incurred during the period beginning March 1, 2020 and
ending on November 15, 2020; and are documented in the manner required by the
Program; and
WHEREAS, the PPE Costs were necessary and reasonable to accomplish the City’s
work properly and efficiently; and
WHEREAS, the PPE Costs were not reimbursed to the City by any other grantor
federal source, and the City has not applied for reimbursement for these costs from any
other source; and
WHEREAS, the City submitted a request for reimbursement under the Program to
FEMA for the expenditures listed in the table below, which request is pending approval:
Expenditure
Personal Protective Equipment 30,457
(less 25%)7,615
TOTAL $22,842
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Golden
Valley, Minnesota, that upon approval of the City’s application, the City accepts the
following grant on behalf of its citizens:
Up to $22,842 as reimbursement for seventy-five percent of the cost of the PPE
incurred by the City, said expenses being eligible for reimbursement under Category
B of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance Program.
Adopted by the City Council of Golden Valley, Minnesota this 15th day of December,2020.
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Shepard M. Harris, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Theresa Schyma, City Clerk