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Ordinance amending the 2021 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $5,839,516
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Supplemental #2 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $120,881 to the Public Defender to fund an additional Deputy II from grant proceeds.
2. To appropriate $50,000 to the Public Defender to fund an additional extra help attorney from grant proceeds.
3. To appropriate $126,000 to Health to fund COVID response temporary staff from donations.
4. To appropriate $24,000 to Health to fund wage and benefit costs of COVID case and contact investigators work study program.
5. To appropriate $3,788 to fund the support of the behavioral health services in the jail and the GRACE program from grant proceeds.
Supplemental #2 requests funding from the Homeless Housing Fund:
1. To appropriate $1,460,288 to Health to fund the Emergency Solutions Grant - COVID from grant proceeds.
2. To appropriate $964,000 to Health to fund the DOC Shelter Program from grant proceeds.
Supplemental #2 requests funding from the Countywide Emergency Medical Fund:
To appropriate $192,350 to fund the 2nd Bellingham Fire Community Paramedic.
Supplemental #2 requests from the COVID Emergency Response Fund:
To appropriate $2,673,602 to fund COVID response operations from grant proceeds.
Supplemental #2 requests funding from the Emergency Management Fund:
1. To appropriate $25,397 to fund FFY2020 20EMPG-S from grant proceeds.
2. To appropriate $75,000 to fund Whatcom County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan from grant proceeds.