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2021 HIGHLIGHTS
The City of South El Monte has shown tremendous resilience through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Although each and every one of us have been greatly affected, the City continues to provide direct access to health resources for the community and achieve great strides in stabilizing our City’s infrastructure. With strategic planning and prioritizing our resources wisely, we were able to continue to provide essential city services that our community members rely on. Additionally, many improvements were made to our local roadways, parks and recreation facilities. We continued to invest in technology to provide enhanced services, and many of the recreation programming and community events that were put on hold in 2020 were reinstated with State and County health guidelines in place.
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We are proud to present the following achievements from 2021 that showcase our community’s spirit and strength and set the path for greater endeavors to take place in South El Monte in 2022.
The safety and wellbeing of our community members and employees is the number one priority for South El Monte officials, and as a precautionary measure in 2021, many of our facilities remained closed until it was safe to reopen to the public. Many of our employees worked remotely. • City officials and staff continued to oblige by health orders instated by county, state and federal government.
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• Continuously distributed Personal Protective Equipment to our residents at various City events. • Partnered with public and private agencies to host a total of ten COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics for community members and City employees. Approximately 2,300 vaccines were administered. • Kept our community informed with COVID-19 updates and resources through our social media platforms, monthly newsletter, City website, City Council Meetings and outreach efforts.
CITY’S FINANCES
The pandemic and its effects caused enormous budget pressures on municipalities including South El Monte. In a fiscally responsible manner, we addressed the much needed services of our community. In 2021, the City received $4.2 million from the Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to mitigate the negative economic impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. • Adopted a balance budget for the 2021- 2022 Fiscal Year. • State Audit confirmed City’s finances are in compliance and stable. • Measure ES, the quarter in a penny sales tax approved by South El Monte voters in November 2020, generated revenue for essential services in our community. • Invested in new accounting software.
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