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Accenture reports ARPA expenditures, site visits and compliance concerns to county commissioners
Summary
An Accenture consultant reported $154 million obligated, $94 million liquidated and ongoing subrecipient site visits for Oklahoma County ARPA funds; commissioners raised concerns about projects lacking sufficient total funding to be completed.
An Accenture consultant updated Oklahoma County commissioners on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expenditures, subrecipient site visits and upcoming compliance steps, and commissioners raised concerns about several partially funded projects lacking other capital to finish construction.
Jennifer (Accenture consultant) told the commission the county has $154 million obligated, $94 million liquidated and about $60 million remaining to expend. She reviewed charts in the packet showing project completion by expenditures and highlighted several site visits conducted in the last eight weeks to local subrecipients.
Site visits described by Jennifer included NEOKC Renaissance (site plan and renovation work), First Americans Museum (Discovery Center serving 40,000 school‑aged children annually), a care center that added a Spanish‑speaking licensed professional counselor (480 therapy sessions enabled), Dale Rogers Training Center (business incubator for people with disabilities), ReMerge Oklahoma (diversion services expanded to serve additional women and children) and CSU Youth Services (zoning and preconstruction work enabled by roughly $300,000 in ARPA funds as a $6 million project catalyst).
Jennifer said upcoming requirements include quarterly and large programmatic reports to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (next quarterly report due in July), continued site visits and desk reviews in June, a mandatory compliance webinar for subrecipients and a design‑thinking workshop for subrecipients to tighten scopes and key performance indicators. She emphasized procurement training, including federal procurement thresholds requiring three quotes for purchases between $10,000 and $49,999.
Several commissioners expressed concern that some funded projects lack other funding needed to finish construction. One commissioner said a particular $6 million project had only raised about $900,000 including county funds and asked what would happen if the project cannot be completed; staff and consultants said they would follow up with the project leads and the relevant deputy to assess risk. A motion to receive the ARPA report carried on a voice vote.
