2022 02 15 City Council

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FINANCE DEPARTMENT 
 
MEMORANDUM 
 
TO: C. Seth Sumner, City Manager 
FROM: Mike Keith, Finance Director 
DATE: January 31, 2022 
SUBJECT: Allocating ARPA Funds for the City  
 
The City will receive  a total of $4,159,922.74 through the State as our portion of the American 
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.  We received the first half in November and will receive the final 
portion in November of this year.  As discussed previously, we have been awaiting the release of 
the final rules to determine how we could best utilize these funds.  The final rules simplified the 
process for those receiving up to  $10,000,000 so that we can take a standard allowan ce for 
revenue loss and use it for government services.  Go vernment services is considered a broad 
category covering basically all things done by a government, with the exception of four items. 
 
Based on the new guidance, I am recommending that we allocate the funds to be used for 4 
projects.  I am recommending that the amount of all of the projects total $4,700,000 to allow 
some flexibility in submitting the expenditures  to be used as quickly as possible .  The projects 
are:  Animal Shelter Building - $600,000; Public Works Building - $2,500,000; Fire Training Tower 
- $600,000; and City Hall Renovations - $1,000,000.  We are allowed to allocate more than the 
funds we will receive and the primary purpose for doing so is to make the required reporting as 
easy as possible.  As a reminder, our ARPA funding will not increase above the amount designated 
to us.   
 
Please let me know if I can supply any additional information for the use of these funds. 
 
 
 
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