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FY2021-19 Approving A Utility Relief Credit Program By Crediting Alaska Waste Solid Waste Disposal Services Utility Accounts In The Amount Of $253.00 In1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Introduced by: Borough Manager, Michael Powers Drafted by: Finance Department Director, Dora Cross Introduced on: 10/15/2020 Adopted on: 10/15/2020 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH RESOLUTION NO. FY2021-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH APPROVING A UTILITY RELIEF CREDIT PROGRAM BY CREDITING ALASKA WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES UTILITY ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $253.00 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. WHEREAS, the Federal Government provided funding under Section 601(a) of the Social Security Act, added by section 5001 of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act in response to the recent pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 2020-32, accepting CARES Act Funds from the Alaska DCCED in the amount of $5,792,501 for costs that are for necessary expenditures; and WHEREAS, due to COVID-19 pandemic, assembly members have expressed concern regarding the overall impacts of business closings, layoffs and other work stoppages on residents and Kodiak's business community and desire to help with those financial hardships; and WHEREAS, staff has proposed a $253.00 utility relief credit to be applied toward actual utility charges for Alaska Waste utility customer accounts of customers suffering adverse financial impacts due to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the Finance Department has estimated the total cost of the utility relief credit program at approximately $1,546,000; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH that: Section 1. The Kodiak Island Borough authorizes establishment of a utility relief credit program in the amount of $253.00 for each account of a utility customer holding an account during the period from March 2020 through September 2020 who was adversely financially impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Credits shall be issued to each Alaska Waste utility customer account. Section 2. The Borough manager is authorized and directed to take such steps as are required to implement the utility relief credit program. Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2021-19 Page 1 of 2 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Section 3. The Borough manager is authorized and directed to use the CARES Act Funding appropriated by the Assembly in an amount up to $1,546,000 to cover the cost associated with this utility relief credit program. ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH VOTES: Ayes: Turner, Arndt, Dvorak, Noes: Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Rice, Borough Clerk gZASKA�40, , Skinner, Symmons Resolution No. FY2021-19 Page 2 of 2