Whatcom County - File #: AB2021-310

• File #: AB2021-310
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/20/2021
• Meeting Body: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2021
• Final action: 6/15/2021
• Enactment date: 6/15/2021
• Enactment #: ORD 2021-036
• Title: Ordinance establishing the American Rescue Plan Act Fund and establishing a budget for the American Rescue Plan Act Fund
• Indexes: Administration and Personnel, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Emergency Management, Health and Safety
• Department: Finance Division

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2021	1	Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass
6/15/2021	1	Council	ADOPTED	Pass
6/1/2021	1	Council	SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED	Pass

Primary Contact Email:    mcaldwel@co.whatcom.wa.us

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Ordinance establishing the American Rescue Plan Act Fund and establishing a budget for the American Rescue Plan Act Fund

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

Establishes a fund to account for the County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation and establishes an initial budget of $1,732,850 to reinstate positions left unfunded due to COVID-19 economic impacts. In addition, the requested budget will fund seven months of operations at the County’s Isolation & Quarantine Facility.