HomeMy WebLinkAbout032122 ORD - 06/09/2020 One-Reading Ordinance authorizing acceptance of grant in an amount of
$121,850.26 from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to
respond to coronavirus; and appropriating $121,850.26 into Fire Grant Fund.
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Fire Department certifies that it billed Medicare in 2019;
provides or provided after January 31 , 2020 diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals
with possible or actual cases of COVID-19; is not currently terminated from participation
in Medicare; is not currently excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and other
Federal health care programs; and does not currently have Medicare billing privileges
revoked; and
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Fire Department certifies that the Payment will only be
used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, and shall only be reimbursed
for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to coronavirus; and
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Fire Department certifies that it will not use the Payment
to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed from other sources or that
other sources are obligated to reimburse.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is authorized to accept a grant from the Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund in the amount of $121,850.26 to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
SECTION 2. That $121,850.26 is appropriated in the No. 1062 Fire Grant Fund to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
SECTION 4. Upon the written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate
action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs and suspends
the City Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect upon first reading as
an emergency measure this 9th day of June, 2020.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the day of JLAnit__, , 2020.
ATTEST:
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Re•ecca L. Huerta J•e McComb
City Secretary Ma or
032122 SCANNED
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said
Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Jo: Comb
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Council Members
That the above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Joe McComb
Roland Barrera
Rudy Garza
Paulette M. Guajardo ftA
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Michael Hunter
Gil Hernandez -,
Ben Molina _64nti
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Everett Roy
Greg Smith
032122
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: June 9, 2020 Legistar Number: 20-0536
Agenda Item:
One-Reading Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a grant in an amount of $121,850.26 from
the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to respond to coronavirus; and
appropriating $121,850.26 into Fire Grant Fund.
Amount Required: (Amount to be Certified) $ 121,850.26
Fund Name Accounting Account No. Activity No. Amount
Unit
Grant Fund 1056-888 305705 820585F $121,850.26
Total $121,850.26
❑ Certification Not Required
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Dir-ctor of Financial Services
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