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Residents ask Gadsden County for itemized ARPA, CARES and SHIP spending records; staff agrees to provide details

6450424 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

Two residents asked commissioners for detailed accounting of federal COVID-relief (ARPA/CARES) and SHIP allocations and requested updates on the Boys & Girls Club and emergency housing set‑asides. County staff and commissioners said they would provide the requested records and follow up.

Two residents used the county’s public-comment period to press Gadsden County officials for clearer accounting of federal relief and housing funds and to request progress updates on local youth and housing programs.

Linda Barclay of Quincy told the board she had searched public records and wanted an itemized accounting of the county’s ARPA funds, asking, “I need to know whether or not the county still have any of those funds.” She said the county had received “somewhere up to almost $9,000,000” in…

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