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City Council Meeting Minutes September 1, 2020 Marcos School District • August 21: Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Lost Wage Assistance Funds — $1.4 billion made available through President's Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order — Will $300 weekly benefit to qualifying Texans receiving unemployment benefits Testing Overview • 29,382 tests administered county wide — 24,021 negative (81.7%) — 5,361 confirmed (18.2%) — 26 pending • County free testing — Live Oak Clinic on Broadway and Live Oak Primary Care clinic in Wimberley • Last week's testing sites — Texas Department Emergency Management — 6 consecutive days in San Marcos beginning 8/24 — San Marcos High School — 6 consecutive days in Kyle same dates — Hays Performing Arts Center Mr. Stapp mentioned than 900 tests provided between both locations. CARES Act Funding $3.6 Million Total Allocation • Initial $731K designated for medical, public health, and payroll expenses for public safety, public health, health care, human services employees — Initial $731K must be spent prior to asking for additional money to meet other programs, services, and initiatives — Departments are coding all personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and cleaning equipment • Collaborating on ideas for how to spend the balance of the $3.6 Million allocation. — Each of these ideas must be developed as a business case first — Expect to bring a recommendation to City Council in October • Working with Community Action Inc. to help more customers with their utility bills • Deadline to spend the awarded funds is December 30 — expected to be extended Emergency Operations Update • Virtual Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains in effect — Weekly calls (Mondays at 8:00 a.m.) • Regular Communication with our local partners including Texas State University, local hospitals, and Hays County. City of San Marcos Page 3