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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-102-11/04/2020-APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH LARIMER COUNTY FOR COVID-19 TEST FUNDING RESOLUTION NO. 102, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH LARIMER COUNTY FOR COVID-19 TEST FUNDING WHEREAS, Larimer County (the "County") has entered into an intergovernmental agreement ("CSU-IGA") with Colorado State University ("CSU") to increase diagnostic testing for COVID-19 for residents of the County, in which CSU will perform services and increase lab testing capacity and the total cost of the testing services and increased lab capacity is currently estimated to total $990,000; and WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment("CDPHE") has agreed to pay for approximately 50% of each test for residents of Larimer County and so the County will be responsible for paying $490,000 of the additional testing services and increased lab capacity; and WHEREAS, seven municipalities within the County, including the City, wish to enter into separate intergovernmental agreements ("IGA") with the County to pay for the County's share of $490,000 under the CSU-IGA for the additional COVID-19 testing and lab capacity; and WHEREAS, the City's population distribution within the County is 58.9% and the City wishes to enter into a proposed IGA with the County to pay 58.9% of the County's share of $490,000 under the CSU-IGA, which would require the City to contribute $291,555 to the additional testing services and increased lab capacity; and WHEREAS, Council previously adopted Emergency Ordinance No. 094, 2020 that appropriated unanticipated revenue in the general fund from the Coronavirus Relief Fund ("CVRF"), CARES Act, Title V to cover various COVID-19 related costs, including supporting increased testing support through regional partners, and the City plans to fund the IGA using CVRF funds; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the City enter into the IGA with the County to provide the public benefit of additional COVID-19 testing services and increased lab capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Mayor is authorized to execute the IGA. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into the IGA substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. -I- Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 4th day of November, A.D. 2020. >yvor *---� ATTEST: �°�CA N L SEA City Cl C-bL Olt"