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A-2020-121 Could Fund payments be used for capital Lrtproventent projects that broadly provide potential economic development in it community? In general, no. If capital improvement projects are not necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, then Fund payments may not be used for such projects. However, Fund payments may be used for the expenses of, for example, establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity or improve mitigation measures, including related construction costs. The Guidance includes workforce bonuses as an evantple ofineligible expenses butprovides that hazard pray would be eligible if otherwise determined to be a necessary expense, Is there a specific definition of "hazy d pay "? Hazard pay means additional pay for performing hazardous duty or work involving physical hardship, in each case that is related to COVID-19. The Guidance provides that ineligible expenditures include "Ipfayroll or benefits expenses for employees whose work duties are not substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the CO VID-1 9 public health emergency," Is this intended to relate only to public employees? Yes. This particular nonexclusive example of an ineligible expenditure relates to public employees. A recipient would not be permitted to pay for payroll or benefit expenses of private employees and any financial assistance (such as grants or short-term loans) to private employers are not subject to the restriction that the private employers' employees must be substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. May counties prepay with CARES Act,Iitnds for expenses such as a one or two year faeility lease, such as to house staff hired in response to COVID-19? A government should not make prepayments on contracts using payments from the Fund to the extent that doing so would not be consistent with its ordinary course policies and procedures. Must a stapat-hoote order or other public Itealtb mandate be In effect in order far a government to provide assistance to small businesses using payments f(•om the Farad? No. The Guidance provides, as an example of an eligible use of payments from the Fund, expenditures related to the provision of grants to small businesses to reimburse the costs of business internrption caused by required closures. Such assistance may be provided using amounts received from the Fund in the absence of a requirement to close businesses if the relevant government determines that such expenditures are necessary in response to the public health emergency.