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Utah County approves 2020 CARES Act budget amendment to appropriate $111.6 million
Summary
The Utah County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to amend its 2020 budgets to appropriate coronavirus relief funds from the U.S. Treasury. County staff said $111,630,342 is already in the county account; the resolution passed by voice vote.
The Utah County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution amending its 2020 budget to appropriate federal coronavirus relief funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The board voted to adopt the resolution after a short public hearing and a staff presentation.
County staff member Deneen told commissioners that “the county already has the $111,630,342 in its bank account,” and described smaller ‘‘preloaded’’ line items — such as a $5,000,000 placeholder — that would only be spent if corresponding grant awards materialize. Staff said some sums for building maintenance and IT were included as preloads so internal accounting could later allocate those expenditures to the proper internal service funds.
The commission opened the public hearing and invited comment; no members of the public spoke. After brief discussion about the purpose of several line items, a commissioner moved to adopt the resolution amending and increasing the 2020 general‑fund and other budgetary funds to account for CARES Act receipts. The chair put the motion and announced it passed on a voice vote.
Why it matters: the appropriation allows the county to spend and track federal relief dollars quickly during the pandemic and to place certain placeholder amounts in the budget ahead of potential grant awards. Staff said that preloaded amounts would not be spent unless the county received or was awarded the underlying grants.
The meeting record shows the budget amendment was adopted and the commission proceeded to routine business; staff will follow the county’s normal internal accounting procedures when allocating and expending the CARES Act funds.
