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Terre Haute City Council approves reappropriation of ARPA funds for parks, infrastructure and pool
Summary
The council voted to reappropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to multiple city projects, including Deming Park pool renovations and downtown infrastructure, approving appropriation number 3-20-25 by voice vote.
On March 13, 2025, the Terre Haute City Council voted to approve appropriation number 3-20-25, reappropriating ARPA funds to multiple parks, infrastructure and planning projects across the city.
The appropriation moves federal ARPA dollars into project-specific accounts to allow the city to continue work on previously approved projects. The council approved the measure by voice vote after a motion from Councilman Chalos and a second noted in the public record; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.
City officials presented a list of projects included in the reappropriation and the amounts discussed during the meeting. Items named on the appropriation included: a $1,000,000 allocation to an ISU-related project (account 0199000603432028), $3,000,000 for downtown Terre Haute infrastructure (account 0199000603439400), $1,000,000 for a childcare facility, $123,877.15 for ARPA consulting services (account 0199000603439410), $3,000,000 for the Thirteenth and Eighth overpass (account 0199000603439410), $1,317,212.90 for the Ray Park project (account 0199000604450617), $2,261,921.79 for the Hertz Rose project (account 0199000604450618), $101,887,866.35 listed for Brown Avenue stormwater (account 0199000604450622), $80,987.75 for the city hall project (account 0199000604450623), $2,000,000 for the Deming Park pool project (account 0199000604450628) and $11,525 for mapping software (account 0199000604450626). Meeting remarks indicated some project lines were adjusted from earlier budgets and that a subset of previously listed projects had been completed and therefore removed from the active list.
Mayor (role title) described why reappropriation was necessary: ARPA accounting rules and local fiscal procedures require the city to reassign ARPA funds into specific budget lines so engineering and administration can proceed and federal reporting deadlines can be met. The mayor said, “We are not taking any debt out associated to this project. This will be a cash funded project. We're not adding employees because of this project, and we are not gonna raise prices for going to the Deming Park pool.”
Officials also said one item previously listed under ARPA — the Tarrytown water project — will be moved to the city’s casino fund after guidance from the city’s financial advisers, and that $500,000 in casino revenue originally pledged to the Deming Park pool will be reallocated to Tarrytown, with the remaining $500,000 added back to the pool line to preserve the city’s planned $2,000,000 pool investment. City staff said the Deming Park pool design has been scaled to fit available funds and will proceed as a two-calendar-year cash-funded project to allow construction to begin in August and continue into the next fiscal year.
Councilmember Lautermelt asked about the ISU project reimbursement; city staff confirmed the university already received its initial payment and the appropriation confirms accounting for that transaction.
The council approved the reappropriation by voice vote. Meeting remarks indicated staff expect to meet federal ARPA reporting deadlines and to continue project work under the reassigned fund lines.
Votes at a glance: Appropriation number 3-20-25 — moved by Councilman Chalos; second recorded in the public record; approved by voice vote (ayes). No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript.
