COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the Board of Commissioners during their Monday morning work session they can fill 60 percent of the requests for the county’s share of American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Norman said they have not spent a lot of ARPA money yet.
He said one request that needs immediate attention for 2023 covers EMS training as part of a partnership with Kellogg Community College and Life Care Ambulance.
Commissioner Tom Mathew wanted to find out how the ARPA funds will be divided.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced in July that over 1,650 communities in Michigan will receive more than $321 million as part of the second batch of federal ARPA payments. Branch County’s share in this round would come to about $8.4 million.
The funding provided to counties, cities, villages and townships across the state can be used to respond to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local units of government that get the money have until 2024 to identify projects and obligate funds.
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