Item Title: | Elections Dept - SOS CARES Act HAVA Grant Award Acceptance | Submitted By: | Lisa Wise, Elections Administrator, Elections Department (915) 546-2154 | Subject: | Approve and authorize the Elections Department to accept the Texas Secretary of State 2020 CARES Act Help America Vote Act grant award in the amount of $727,904.03 from March 28, 2020, through November 30, 2020. A County match in the amount of $145,580.81 is required. Funding is available in GF-GADM-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH and SG-ELECH1920-OPERATING EXP. (Contract No. 2020-0543) | Background: | As authorized under Section 101 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252) (HAVA) and provided for in the CARES Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-136), the purpose of this award is to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.”
With this grant funding, the El Paso County Elections Department plans to: 1. Utilize a vendor to provide a ballot tracker system for ballots that will be mailed out to registered voters;
2. Purchase a notification system for curbside voting;
3. Order necessary supplies to include additional ballot paper, activation cards, and envelopes and labels;
4. Hire additional temporary staff to assist with check-in processes, curbside assistance, phone bank operations, and mail ballot requests/processing; and
5. Purchase additional voting machines and cleaning supplies, as well as PPE.
| Fiscal Impact: | Grant award: $727,904.03
Grant match: $145,580.81
Match funding is available in GF-GADM-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH, SG-ELECH1918-OPERATING EXP and SG-ELECH1919-OPERATING EXP.
Funding is available in:
$114,318
COGF-1000-0000000-433-10-10000-0001-MATCH-800102-
GF-GADM-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH
$31,263
GELECH1920-600000-600300-600309
COSG-7196-0002020-431-10-11150-0001-00000-600000-
SG-ELECH1920-OPERATING EXP | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the Elections Department to accept the Texas Secretary of State 2020 CARES Act Help America Vote Actgrantaward in the amount of $727,904.03 from March 28, 2020, through November 30, 2020. A County match in the amount of $145,580.81 is required. Funding is available in GF-GADM-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH and SG-ELECH1920-OPERATING EXP. (Contract No. 2020-0543) | Prior Action: | Approval to apply granted on 6/15/2020 (Item 29). | Strategic Plan: | .. | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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