File #: 24-584    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/3/2024 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 9/9/2024
Title: AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RED BOOKSHELF AND AMENDING THE 2024 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: ARPA Executive Committee
Attachments: 1. The Red Bookshelf, 2. 24-584 ARPA - TMP 5862 - The Red Bookshelf
RESOLUTION NO. 584

AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT THE RED BOOKSHELF AND AMENDING THE 2024 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

Introduced: 9/9/24
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 various Subcommittees have worked tirelessly over the last year in order to establish guidelines that will assist them in reviewing and evaluating the numerous applications they will receive, and

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee, having evaluated numerous proposals, has requested authorization to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $10,000 to and enter into an agreement with The Red Bookshelf for a term commencing September 9, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026, and

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee has indicated that such funding would be used to give away free books and provide literacy-friendly environments and programs in under-resourced neighborhoods, now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $10,000 to and enter into an agreement with The Red Bookshelf, Albany, NY 12207 for a term commencing September 9, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026, and, be it further

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the 2024 Albany County Budget is hereby amended as follows:

Increase Revenue Account CM.4.3624B.04089Z.ARP24 by $10,000

Increase Appropriation Account CM.9.3624B.44046...

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