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HomeMy WebLinkAbout032191 RES - 08/25/2020Resolution authorizing the City's intent to provide a total of up to $752,000 from the City's Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation, through the CARES Act, to Corpus Christi Independent School District and Flour Bluff Independent School District ($715,000 and $37,000, respectively) as matching funds for the purchase of computer equipment necessary to facilitate compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures and tele -learning. WHEREAS, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which fund is administered by the Texas Department of Emergency Management and from which the City of Corpus Christi ("City") has received an allocation; WHEREAS, the City desires to make a portion of its CRF allocation available for the benefit of its citizens in the Corpus Christi Independent School District ("CCISD") and Flour Bluff Independent School District ("FBISD") as matching funds for the purchase of computer equipment necessary to facilitate compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures and school tele -learning by the school districts; and WHEREAS, CCISD and FBISD each independently intend to submit funding applications and obtain matching funds from the Texas Education Agency ("TEA"), through the CARES Act, with the City's commitment to provide a portion of its CRF allocation subject to the award of funding by the TEA to each school district for the purpose stated. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: The City Council authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all documents necessary to bind the City to provide a total of up to $752,000 from the City's CRF allocation, through the CARES Act, to Corpus Christi Independent School District ($715,000) and Flour Bluff Independent School District ($37,000) as matching funds for the purchase of computer equipment necessary to facilitate compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures and school tele -learning, subject to the award of funding from the Texas Education Agency for the purpose stated. PASSED AND APPROVED on the day of Pt' , 2020: Joe McComb Roland Barrera Rudy Garza Paulette M. Guajardo Gil Hernandez lk 032191 Page 1 of 2 SCANNED Michael Hunter Ben Molina Everett Roy Greg Smith ALIA_ Aye ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI RebCcca Huerta City Secretary 04 no�cComb Y 032191 Page 2 of 2 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: August 25, 2020 Legistar Number: 20-1062 Agenda Item: Resolution authorizing the City's intent to provide a total of up to $752,000 from the City's Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation, through the CARES Act, to Corpus Christi Independent School District and Flour Bluff Independent School District ($715,000 and $37,000, respectively) as matching funds for the purchase of computer equipment necessary to facilitate compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures and tele -learning. Amount Required: $752,000 Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount Emergency Management Grant Fund 1063-535 520100 610004F $752,000 Total $752,000 ❑ Certification Not Required Director of Financial Services Date: eic)4 bet9D