0796RESOLUTION NO. 796 (#07-2020)
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS IS ESSENTIAL: IN SUPPORT OF FAIR, DIRECT
FEDERAL EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO REOPEN AND REBUILD LOCAL
AMERICAN ECONOMIES
WHEREAS, America's cities, towns and villages face unprecedented threats due to the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic emergency; and
WHEREAS, municipalities are essential to America's economic recovery and without
funding support for local governments, municipalities may go from being a critical part of the
economic solution, to becoming a major obstacle to long-term stabilization and recovery; and
WHEREAS, America's cities, towns and villages will experience budgetary shortfalls in
fiscal year 2020 alone, and the negative effects of the pandemic emergency on local communities
will continue long after this year; and
WHEREAS, three million critical municipal worker jobs are at risk, threatening cuts to
basic community services, including 9-1-1 response, sanitation, and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, communities have taken extraordinary measures to protect health, safety, and
the continuation of essential services throughout the emergency; and
WHEREAS, revenue in Jacksonville,.Arkansas is down $137,625.90 in Parks; $8,082.92
in Hotel/Motel revenue, and $13,042.33 in Prepared Food Tax. Total expenditures in all funds for
COVID-19 expenses total $45,132.75. Jacksonville has received $20,462.76 Cares Act Stimulus
Funds to cover a portion of COVID-19 expenses in the EMS Fund.
WHEREAS, America's rural communities and small towns are struggling just as much as
big cities and risk being left behind or wiped out entirely.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Jacksonville, Arkansas calls on Congress
to allocate fair and direct federal support to all of America's communities, regardless of
population size; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this funding must be flexible and address not only the
additional expenses incurred by communities to respond to the pandemic emergency, but also the
dramatic budgetary shortfalls resulting from pauses in commerce, tourism, other economic
engines; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that local govemuments will ensure federal funds are
immediately used to rebuild and reopen the national economy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that funding will keep middle class workers employed and
critical services operating; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Jacksonville, Arkansas has been part of the
emergency response and now calls on Congress to build a united national partnership for a safe,
healthy, prosperous life.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 16T"DAY OF JULY, 2020.
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ATTEST:
ITT, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
STEPHANIE FRIEDMAN, CITY ATTORNEY