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Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20230816-008) to accept and appropriate $4,967,319 in 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 $4,967,319 is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency via the Texas Division of Emergency Management. A City funding match is not required. 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; Saeed Azadi, Acting Assistant Director of Administrative Services, 512-972-5041; Juanita Jackson, Business Process Consultant, (512) 972-6163.
Additional Backup Information:
On March 6, 2020, a Declaration of Local Disaster was issued by Mayor Adler to have the City take measures to avoid the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) across Austin and Travis County. On March 13, 2020, Governor Abbott issued a Declaration of State of Disaster to take additional steps to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
This reimbursement represents costs incurred for a 12-month period from January 4, 2021, to January 12, 2022. These costs include the materials for the specimen collection kits and the lab processing for COVID-19 test results.
Council previously accepted a reimbursement of $4,406,195 for Lab Diagnostics in June 2022 for the service period of June 2020 to January 2021. The current action will accept a subsequent award for the service period of Ja...
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