File #: 23-306    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/30/2023 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 7/10/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO THE ALBANY COUNTY WATER PURIFICATION DISTRICT REGARDING A SEPTAGE AND FATS, OILS, AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION AT THE WATER PURIFICATION DISTRICT NORTH PLANT AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Attachments: 1. Albany County - CP Subcommittee Recommendation (Septage & FOG Station), 2. Albany County - DRAFT ARPA Project Eligibility (Septage and Fog Station), 3. Department Request Form - Septage & Fog Receiving Station, 4. FOG_Eng Report Cost Estimate, 5. FOG_Eng Report Excerpt_2023.06.27, 6. 23-306 - Consent Agenda - Septage and FOGS station

RESOLUTION NO. 306

 

AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO THE ALBANY COUNTY WATER PURIFICATION DISTRICT REGARDING A SEPTAGE AND FATS, OILS, AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION AT THE WATER PURIFICATION DISTRICT NORTH PLANT AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

 

                     Introduced: 7/10/23

                     By ARPA Executive Committee:

 

WHEREAS, The County of Albany received $29.6 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which may be used for various projects and programs within the County to help mitigate the long-term effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and

 

WHEREAS, The Albany County Legislature created the ARPA Executive Committee and its various Subcommittees to determine how these funds should be distributed and to review applications for these monies, and

 

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee and its Subcommittees have worked tirelessly over the last year to establish guidelines that will assist them in reviewing and evaluating the numerous applications they will receive, and

 

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee, after receiving a recommendation from its Capital Projects Subcommittee and voting to recommend the project to the Legislature, has now requested authorization to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $3,500,000 to the Albany County Water Purification District (ACWPD) for a term commencing immediately and ending December 31, 2025, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee has indicated that such funding would consists of the design and construction of a new septage and fats, oils, and grease receiving station at the North Plant, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $3,500,000 to the ACWPD regarding a septage and fats, oils, and grease receiving station at the Water Purification District North Plant, for a term commencing immediately and ending December 31, 2025, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the 2023 Albany County Budget is hereby amended as follows:

 

                     Increase Revenue Account G48110 0 4089S.ARP23 by $3,500,000

 

Increase Appropriation Account G98110.4 by $3,500,000 by increasing Line Item G98110 4 4046S.ARP23 by $3,500,000

 

and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.