MOTION-- On February 2, 2021, President Biden issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to adjust the reimbursement ratio for State, local, Tribal and territorial government to 100% of reimbursable expenses for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. According to the accompanying Fact Sheet, the reimbursements would apply to expenses for, "...masks, gloves, emergency feeding actions, sheltering at risk populations, and mobilization of the National Guard - back dated to the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020." This dramatic change in the support provided by the Federal government will eventually provide significantly more funding to help the City recover from the pandemic and support our most vulnerable constituents.
I THEREFORE MOVE that the Council INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer to report on the current state of the city's submitted reimbursement requests, anticipated revenues and what the change to a 100% reimbursement means for the total reimbursement the city should expect to receive.
I FURTHER MOVE that the Council INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer to submit revised reimbursement requests for 100% of the city's eligible expenses to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as soon as possible.