<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Finance Committee on 1/10/2022 at 9:00 AM</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=921237&amp;GUID=BA61C370-EE02-4C68-BEC4-3D2463993578</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=BA61C370-EE02-4C68-BEC4-3D2463993578&amp;ID=921237&amp;M=CalendarDetail&amp;Title=Board+of+Commissioners+of+Cook+County+-+Meeting+of+Finance+Committee+on+1%2F10%2F2022+at+9%3A00+AM" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>22-0637</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5362870&amp;GUID=6F959AD7-624E-47B8-8966-C01DF9F4C679</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6F959AD7-624E-47B8-8966-C01DF9F4C679-2024-04-13-01-13-41</guid><description>File #: 22-0637&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

COOK COUNTY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT INITIATIVES AND ALLOCATIONS

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, the federal government authorized the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) which includes $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus funds to hasten the United States’ recovery from the economic and health effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and 

WHEREAS, the federal government has authorized $350 billion in ARPA funding to be directly allocated to eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to aid in their recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; and 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners via Resolution 21-3654 accepted the ARPA federal award allocated to Cook County to assist the County in its recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19 in the amount of approximately $1,000,372,385.00; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 21-3654 further authorized the Cook County Budget Director and Comptroller to create and implement a Special Purpose Fund for the ARPA award and other accounting measures to track the acceptance and s&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 01:13:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>