NORFOLK COUNTY, Mass. — At their Aug. 6 meeting the Norfolk County commissioners approved ARPA-related disbursements to Franklin and Quincy and were told the county expects additional surplus capacity to develop on the county side.

County staff said the transfer actions approved on the warrant cover $86,000 to Franklin and $12,924.35 to the city of Quincy. Director Kroner told commissioners the Franklin amount originated from the county's prior award to a mental-health clinician program and is being moved to a stormwater improvement grant account (described in the meeting as ARPA 10-45, a surplus/excess account). For Quincy, Kroner said the city earlier received a $2.3 million infrastructure award; the payment approved on Aug. 6 moves remaining eligible funds into the county's ARPA infrastructure account for that project (described as ARPA 13-23 in the meeting).

"ARPA $86,000 is going to ARPA 10-45, which is a surplus/excess account," Director Kroner said during the meeting. "The money is coming from the mental-health clinician program that the county had previously given Franklin. They are moving these new funds to a stormwater improvement grant that had been approved as excess capacity." He also said Quincy's funds are being reallocated into an eligible infrastructure project account.

County staff said there are currently no pending ARPA program transfers; commissioners were told to expect additional surplus to develop over the next several weeks and months and that staff will return with transfer requests as capacity emerges.

Discussion only: commissioners asked for clarification on which program lines the funds are being moved between; Director Kroner provided program codes and described the source programs and the intended eligible projects. Formal action: payments were executed through the warrant process and approved by voice vote as part of the warrant list.

No legal or statutory citations were presented beyond ARPA fund coding and internal county program accounts.