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City manager: Jackson County’s ARPA process leaves Independence unclear on allocations
Summary
City Manager Zach Walker told the Independence Finance Committee that Jackson County has not settled on how it will allocate about $71 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and that the county reimbursed itself to retain the money for future decisions.
Zach Walker, Independence city manager, told the Finance Committee that Jackson County has not yet decided how it will award roughly $71 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to local governments or partner organizations.
Walker said the county initially struggled to set a process for allocating the money, including disagreements between a county audit-and-finance committee and the county executive. "The county executive vetoed those decisions on the basis that ... the process used by that…
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