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Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20220817-004) to accept and appropriate $720 in additional grant funds from the Texas Division of Emergency Management for COVID-19 lab diagnostics.
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Austin Public Health.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $720 is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency via the Texas Division of Emergency Management. A fiscal note is attached.
Prior Council Action:
June 16, 2022 - Council approved Ordinance No. 20220616-040 amending the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20210811-001) to accept and appropriate $4,406,195 in grant funds from the Texas Division of Emergency Management for COVID-19 Lab Diagnostics, on an 11-0 vote.
For More Information:
Adrienne Sturrup, Director, 512-972-5010; Kymberley Maddox, Assistant Director of Administrative Services, 512-972-5041.
Additional Backup Information:
This request is needed to accept the additional $720 awarded by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
On March 6, 2020, a Declaration of Local Disaster was issued by Mayor Adler to allow the City to implement
measures for avoiding the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the City and County. On March 13, 2020, Governor Abbott issued a Declaration of State of Disaster that allowed for additional steps to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 response is ongoing.
This reimbursement represents additional approved costs incurred for a seven-month period of June 1, 2020 to January 19, 2021. These costs include the materials for the specimen collection kits and the lab processing for COVID-19 test results.
Council will be presented with additional appropriation requests in the future once FEMA has approved the projects and determined funding estimates acco...
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