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AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund
The U.S. Treasury provided $41,525,619 to Yuma County under the State Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Program to assist communities as they recover from the pandemic. The funding provides communities with flexibility to meet the local needs. Recipients can use the funds to:
- Support public health expenditures;
- Address negative economic impacts caused by the public heath emergency;
- Aid the communities and populations hardest hit by the pandemic;
- Provide premium pay for essential workers;
- Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure
At the Board of Supervisors September 20, 2021 meeting, the following projects were approved for funding:
| yuma county american rescue plan act (arpa) funding |
||
|---|---|---|
| Category |
Projects approved for ARPA funding September 20, 2021, by vote of Board of Supervisors
|
Estimated Cost: |
| Water | Housing Dept Water Line - Somerton |
$ 309,000 |
| Water | Tacna Water System construction - if shortfall in existing grants |
$1,500,000 |
| Water | GYPA Industrial Park buildout - water portion |
$2,100,000 |
| Sewer | GYPA Industrial Park buildout - sewer portion |
$1,400,000 |
| Broadband | Diverse Redundant Middle Mile Broadband Backbone (to be followed by fiber to the home and fiber to the tower) |
TBD |
| Broadband | Broadband Technical Consultant and project - related expenses |
$ 100,000 |
| Sewer | Orange Grove/Rancho Mesa Verde Sewer System |
TBD |
| Health/COVID | Replacement Ambulance for Tri - Valley Ambulance (501c3) |
$ 225,000 |
|
Impacts on Community |
Support for Emergency Rental Assistance - Audit costs, advertising, etc. ARPA allowed to promote other federal programs |
$ 50,000 |
| Health/COVID | PM 10 Mitigation Projects |
TBD |
| Health/COVID | U of A Wastewater Lab (funded in General Fund budget currently) |
$ 95,000 |