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RES 2023-29 Unencumber ARPA Funds AdoptedRESOLUTION NO. 2023-29 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTIAL RELEASE OF CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS WHEREAS, on July 19, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution 2021-30 authorizing receipt of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) allocation totaling $11,871,089.22 from the State of South Carolina as appropriated by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2022-12, which obligated SLFRF funds for use between revenue loss replacement and investment in water and sewer infrastructure; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2022-13, which authorized Expenditure Request 1 totaling $3,965,004 for two projects; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2022-28, which authorized Expenditure Request 2 totaling $3,123,632 for one project; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2022-35, which authorized Expenditure Request 3 totaling $1,367,000 for six projects; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2022-53, which authorized Expenditure Request 4 totaling $1,600,000 for several projects; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2023-17, which authorized Expenditure Request 5 totaling $89,800 for one project; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2023-25, which authorized Expenditure Request 6 totaling $450,000 for one project; and WHEREAS, expenditure of SLFRF funds are required to be approved by City Council via resolution; and WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Department has received funding through a SCIIP grant for the Southwest Interceptor Pipeline Rehab Project in the amount of $7,656,789; and WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Department requested $3,935,004 for the Southwest Interceptor Pipeline Rehab Project which was authorized in Resolution 2022-13 for Expenditure Request 1 totaling $3,965,004; and WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Department requests the release of $2,063,915 from the Southwest Interceptor Pipeline Rehab Project, revenue replacement portion to be placed as unencumbered in the SLFRF funds; and WHEREAS, with this grant, $3,339,567 remains of available SLFRF funds for future expenditures. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina, in a meeting duly assembled and by the authority thereof, that: 1. Release of encumbered funds of $2,063,915 of SLFRF funds that were approved for the revenue replacement portion of the Southwest Interceptor Pipeline Rehab Project.