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St. Lucie County says $63.8M in ARPA funds obligated across 44 projects; $27M reprogrammed in late 2024
Summary
Government relations manager Lori Rockey told commissioners the county secured contract obligations for American Rescue Plan funds and has opened 44 projects across public health, utilities and stormwater, with most remaining work now in construction and monthly oversight.
Lori Rockey, St. Lucie County government relations manager, told the Board of County Commissioners that the county has obligated nearly all of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) award and has 44 funded projects under way.
"We have $63,767,000 that we were given by the U.S. Treasury," Rockey said, and she reported the county had an obligation balance of roughly $27,000,000 to secure in contracts by Dec. 31, 2024 — a target staff met after an intensive procurement push.
The projects Rockey described span the Treasury's eligible categories: public health, negative economic impacts and revenue-replacement. Public-health uses included vaccination sites and jail medical assessments; negative economic-impact programs included mortgage and utility assistance and a small-business assistance…
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