Report Prepared by: Venus Rodriguez, Finance Officer
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SUBJECT: Approval of a Supplemental Appropriation in the Amount of $150,000 from the Unencumbered, Unreserved General Fund Balance to Cover Expenditures Due to COVID-19
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $150,000 from the unencumbered, unreserved General Fund balance to cover expenditures due to COVID-19.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $150,000 from the unencumbered, unreserved General Fund balance to cover expenditures due to COVID-19; and
B. Authorizing the Finance Officer to make any necessary budget adjustments necessary.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Approve subject to other than recommended by staff (identify specific findings and or conditions amended to be addressed by City Council motion); or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (specific items to be addresses in the motion); or
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).
AUTHORITY
Merced City Charter, Section 1105
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
City Council ratified Local Emergency due to COVID-19 on March 16,2020 with Resolution 2020-10
DISCUSSION
Background
The novel coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan China in 2019 and spread across the globe and into the United States. As of 8 a.m. Friday, March 23, 2020, there is one positive case of COVID-19 in Merced County, and 1,816 in California with 35 deaths.
Friday, March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared a national emergency due to the outbreak. Also, on Friday, Merced County declared a state of emergency. This followed the March 4, 2020 state of emergency that was declared by Gov. Newsom. The City of Merced City Manager also declared a local emergency as the Director of Emergency Services.
On March 18th, 2020, the City of Merced moved to a Level...
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