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County finance staff report ARPA encumbrances and propose changes to budget tracking for over-target requests
Summary
Tompkins County finance staff said ARPA funds were encumbered for 2024, reported progress on opioid fund tracking, and discussed changes to how the county records and reports over-target requests (OTRs) in the budget software to improve transparency and reduce administrative time.
Laurie Skerritt, Director of Finance, told the committee on Jan. 9 that staff had secured encumbrances for the county’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for year-end 2024 and that the county continues to track opioid settlement funds and related program adjustments.
“Thanks to Samantha Freylich in our office, we have all of the ARPA funds encumbered appropriately for year end of 2024,” Skerritt said, citing work by staff in the finance office. Committee members commended the work.
Skerritt and…
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