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This statement indicates that local governments have the ability to receive 100% reimbursement for all public health and public safety salary and benefit costs from March 1, 2020 — December 30, 2020, unless the chief executive determines specific circumstances indicate otherwise. Staff has determined that it is in the County's best interest to only charge the amount of staff time for public health and public safety employees that has been incurred as a direct result of COVID-19. The 10% determination has been made in consultation with Sheriff's Office staff. This conservative practice only seeks reimbursement for costs incurred, as opposed to recapturing costs for already budgeted expenses which is not allowable under the Treasury's guidance. The Tax Collector is requesting an additional allocation of $20,041 for touchless pin pads in order to conduct contactless business. BCC Expenses Staff estimates that an additional $1,074,077 will be needed for BCC expenses through December 30th. The increases in straight time, reduction in local match for FEMA overtime, and the newly added category for COVID-19 related overtime is presented as a result of staff s interest in applying these costs towards the CARES Act as opposed to the COVID-19/FEMA claim. Staff is recommending this option due to the length of time FEMA traditionally takes to reimburse the County for eligible expenses and the amount of staff time a FEMA claim takes to process. These expenses can be funded immediately under the CARES Act. As mentioned above, staff will charge only a percentage (15% - 20%) of public health employee expenses to the CARES Act. This allocation will cover the supervisors' time spent on COVID-19 related activities such as managing COVID-19 rescue units, ordering and distributing PPE, tracking positive patients, etc. All overtime expenses incurred as a result of the two additional COVID-19 rescue units was directly captured and charged to the CARES Act. Bi -polar ionization is also being proposed for Buildings A & B, the Courthouse, iG Facility, the Health Department and the EOC. Bi=polar ionization will be added to the existing HVAC systems in order to effectively reduce the airborne spread of COVID-19. Due to an unanticipated HVAC failure at the Health Department, bi-polar ionization will be also be installed as part of the replacement HVAC project. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to install these units in the remaining HVAC systems due to the age of those units. Staff is intending to replace the remaining units over the next six months and will add bi-polar ionization systems as part of that process. The cost of the remaining units will not be reimbursable under the CARES Act since the work will be performed after December 30th. IT upgrades are being proposed to conduct remote meetings at the iG Facility and move to a more paperless working environment in order to promote social distancing and contactless business. Additionally, educational videos are planned to replace in person learning opportunities that were conducted pre-COVID for our conservation lands areas. Type of Expense Approved Allocation Additional Need Revised Total BCC Expenses $1,996,337 $1,074,077 $3,070,414 COV ID- 19 Leave Time $317,963 $0 $317,963 COVID-19 Straight Time $278,157 $415,000 $693,157 Local (12.5%) Match for FEMA OT Claim $66,491 ($66,491) $0 102