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.
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 4th
day of November, A.D. 2020.
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