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Barnstable County details ARPA spending, launches shared housing RFP and four major projects
Summary
County officials reported $41.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds and outlined four large county projects, while announcing a request for proposals for a three-year shared regional housing consultant contract and saying the county will serve as lead under a new intermunicipal agreement.
Barnstable County Administrator Michael Dutton and Assistant County Administrator Vera Harik told the Assembly of Delegates on May 21 that the county is actively spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and preparing an RFP for a three-year shared regional housing consulting contract that will be led by the county.
The update matters because ARPA dollars are a major source for county capital and program work in the next 1–3 years. Harik said, “Of the $41,400,000 in ARPA grant funding we received…we had $7,500,000 left to spend.” She broke the allocation down by tranche and program, and described four large county projects underway with remaining ARPA balances.
Harik told delegates the ARPA allocation includes a towns tranche (about $10,000,000…
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