Urging the Trump Administration to Waive Cost Share Requirements for COVID-19 Federal Aid

Adopted at the in 2020

  • WHEREAS, more than 2,100 U.S. cities are anticipating major budget shortfalls this year, and most are planning to slash programs and cut staff to balance budgets due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; and

    WHEREAS, cities face budget shortfalls of millions of dollars arising from this crisis that are expected to continue into future fiscal years; and

    WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to increase the federal cost-share to 100 percent for emergency work, including direct federal assistance "if warranted by the needs of a disaster" (44 CFR § 206.47(d)); and

    WHEREAS, the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 is hurting cities at an unprecedented scale; and

    WHEREAS, the approach to combating COVID-19 is locally executed, state-managed and federally supported; and

    WHEREAS, cities are effectively reducing the spread of COVID-19 using expensive measures including testing for COVID-19, providing equipment such as personal protective equipment and ventilators, contact tracing, shutting businesses to reduce the spread, enforcing social distancing requirements, helping affected businesses and persons, and helping hospitals meet higher surge capacities; and

    WHEREAS, budget shortfalls threaten these and other responses,

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors urges the Trump Administration to waive all cost-share requirements for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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