City of Milwaukee - File #: 201600

• File #: 201600
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/23/2021
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/13/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to prepare and submit to the Common Council a report on whether and how the various CARES Act grant funds received by the City were expended.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION, FEDERAL GRANTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/19/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/13/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
4/8/2021	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Kovac and Perez added as cosponsors. Ald. Kovac moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
4/8/2021	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
3/23/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
201600
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, JOHNSON, KOVAC AND PEREZ
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to prepare and submit to the Common Council a report on whether and how the various CARES Act grant funds received by the City were expended.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to prepare and submit to the Common Council a report on whether and how the various CARES Act grant funds received by the City were expended.

Body
Whereas, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was a federal economic stimulus bill, signed into law in March 2020, that in part allocated $150 billion in aid to state and local governments in response to COVID-19, including $5 billion in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG); and

Whereas, Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin announced on March 31, 2020 that the City would receive $9,574,616 in CDBG-CARES Act funding and on September 11, 2020 that the City would receive an additional $3,364,766 in CDBG-CARES Act funding; and

Whereas, On May 8, 2020, the Common Council adopted File Number 200022, authorizing the City to accept and expend $102.98 million on public health expenses under the Local Government Grant portion of the CARES Act; and

Whereas, In August 2020, the City announced that an additional $15 million in CARES Act funding would be devoted to rental support and assistance to help over 3,000 families remain in stable housing; and

Whereas, On October 13, 2020, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 200660, authorizing the Department of Administration’s Community Development Grants Administration (CDGA) to accept $981,386 in State of Wisconsin CARES Act funding; and

Whereas, On December 15, 2020, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 201056, authorizing CDGA to amend its action plan with the US Department of Housing and...