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Rural Infrastructure Authority reports ARPA deployment, asks for $24 million recurring for water and sewer grants
Summary
The agency told the subcommittee it obligated $1.4 billion in ARPA funds through a statewide competitive program, has reviewed hundreds of contracts and payments, and requested $24 million in recurring state funds to expand competitive grant programs and three additional FTEs to handle workload.
The Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) told the Economic Development Budget Subcommittee it has obligated the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds the legislature allocated and is working to spend and oversee remaining awards, while requesting additional recurring state funding to meet continuing infrastructure needs.
RIA Executive Director (presenting under the name in the transcript as the agency executive) said the agency received $1.4 billion in ARPA funding and awarded 219 grants in a competitive program that reached every county; those awards leveraged about $900 million in additional local and…
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