32 - Reimbursing Paris-Lamar County Board of Health for certain Covid-19 related expenses

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS AUTHORIZING REIMBURSEMENT FROM CARES ACT FUNDING TO THE PARIS-LAMAR COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT FOR COVID-19 RELATED EXPENSES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris has been allocated up to $1,393,150 from federal CARES Act funds for COVID-19 expenses incurred between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020; and WHEREAS, under the terms of such funding, governmental entities may use the funds in support of other governmental entities who are also working to fight COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the Paris -Lamar County Health District ("the District") is a governmental entity formed through an interlocal cooperative agreement between the City and Lamar County pursuant to the Local Public Health Reorganization Act, codified as Chapter 121 of the Texas Health & Safety Code; and WHEREAS, in the last 4 months, the District's eight clinical staff employees who work on COVID-19 issues have worked 768 hours beyond their regular duties on contact tracing at a cost of $23,237.00; and WHEREAS, the District estimates that it will need to spend an additional $43,000.00 on COVID-19 related service, including hiring two temporary employees to assist in contract tracing; and WHEREAS, the Lamar County Commissioner's Court has agreed to purchase 900 COVID-19 testing kits at a cost of $36,900.00 from Abbott to be processed on a machine supplied by Abbott and that uses the latest molecular technology; and WHEREAS, the District is asking the City to reimburse it for the $23,237.00 cost of overtime already incurred; for an additional 830 test kits at an approximate cost of $34,000.00; and for reimbursement for additional overtime and staff expenses related to COVID-19 contact tracing once incurred; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the health and welfare of the citizens of the city that such expenses be reimbursed through CARES Act funding; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: