TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Lisa Jenkins, Human Resources Director
Briza Morales, Risk Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Ratification of an Agreement with DropFusion IV, LLC for Onsite COVID-19 Testing in the Amount of $100,000 and Appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund (Human Resources Director Jenkins).
a) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 21-0077
b) RATIFY AGREEMENT FOR ONSITE COVID-19 TESTING
c) APPROPRIATE FUNDS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council ratify the agreement with DropFusion IV, LLC In the amount of $100,000 and appropriate $100,000 from the unreserved General Fund balance.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funds in the amount of $100,000 will be appropriated from the unreserved General Fund balance. Expended funds will then be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for possible reimbursement as COVID-19 expenses. Should FEMA funding be exhausted and unavailable to the City, the funds will have been spent out of the unreserved General Fund balance, which does contain the $4.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds received in July to support COVID-19 mitigation and recovery measures. In August, the City Council accepted the ARPA funds under the category of "revenue loss", which allowed the City to use the funds for the provision of government services occurring after March 3, 2021.
BACKGROUND:
There is a heightened sense of responsibility as the COVID-19 transmission rates have begun to rise once again. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the California Department of Public Health, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH), COVID-19 continues to pose a serious risk, especially for persons who are not fully vaccinated. Since June 15, 2021, when most restrictions from the state and county were lifted, the ave...
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