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County staff report progress on capital projects and September budget; ARPA spending mostly complete
Summary
Staff briefed council on a long list of capital projects, construction starts and timelines and presented the September budget snapshot; staff said nearly all American Rescue Plan Act funds have been expended on projects.
County staff provided a broad capital-projects update and a September budget report at the Dorchester County Council meeting on Oct. 20.
Budget snapshot
A presenter summarized the September monthly budget report, saying “as of 25% of the fiscal year gone, we have collected 8.2% of the revenue,” and noting tax collections lag because tax bills were issued that week. The speaker reported components for multiple funds: general fund revenue (8.2% collected), general fund taxes (2.3% collected), library fund (6.2% collected), capital fund (4.1% collected), and water and sewer funds (7.1% collected). The presenter also said expenditures across funds were approximately in the low- to mid-20% range of budgeted amounts for the fiscal period.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Staff reported on the county's ARPA funds and stated that the total received “including interest was 33,000,707 thousand…
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