HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-28Resolution 2020-28
Resolution of Support for Extension of Deadlines of the
Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF)
WHEREAS, the Pulaski Town Council represents the interests, and has the mission to assist in
addressing the needs of the residents comprising the Town of Pulaski, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the current and ongoing public health emergency continues to inflict dire health effects
and devastating economic impacts upon the residents and communities of the Town of Pulaski as well
as throughout the New River Valley; and
WHEREAS, the payments from the CRF are essential to cover the necessary expenditures incurred
by local governments due to the public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, there are no indications the pandemic is abating or will begin to subside in the
foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the federally designated end date for allowable necessary expenditures is December 30,
2020; and
WHEREAS, S. 4318 (the American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act) relates to the
CRF portion of the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protections & Schools Act and extends the
CRF deadline to 90 days beyond the last day of a government's fiscal year and expands the allowable
uses of relief payments to include revenue shortfalls.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the that the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia, sitting in regular session this 1St day of September 2020 hereby declares its support for, and
strongly recommends the passage of S. 4318 the American Workers, Families, and Employers
Assistance Act and the extension of the federally designated end date for allowable necessary
expenditures until 90 days after the last day of the State or government fiscal year for 2021.
FURTHERMORE, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia requests S. 4318 include an
allocation of increased funding for local governments and flexibility for the use of those funds to
include revenue replacement and planning of long-term, high -impact projects for resiliency and
recovery.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 1st day of September 2020 by
the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
Lane R. Penn
Brooks R. Dawson
Gregory C. East
ATTEST:
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David N. Quesenber
Clerk of Council
-Aye James A. Radcliffe -Aye
-Aye G. Tyler Clontz -Aye
-Aye Michael P. Reis -Abstain
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
BY: t/
s W. Shannon Collins
Mayor