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North Miami Beach approves $500,000 general‑fund patch after ARPA deadline lapses
Summary
City commission voted to use $500,000 from the city general fund to finish a home‑rehabilitation program that had relied on American Rescue Plan Act funding now past a federal obligation deadline. City staff said a missed ARPA obligation deadline and reporting gaps left projects that residents had approved but not fully obligated.
The North Miami Beach City Commission voted to amend the city budget and use $500,000 in general‑fund reserves to complete a home rehabilitation program after federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) deadlines left some previously approved projects ineligible for ARPA reimbursement.
City finance staff and the city’s ARPA consultant told the commission the city received $21.5 million in ARPA allocations and had spent about $17 million, with roughly $3 million encumbered and about $900,000 still unspent. But the federal obligation deadline — the date by which contracts and purchase orders must have been in place — was Dec. 31, 2024. Staff said work on several locally approved projects continued after that date, which prevented those projects from being covered by ARPA even though they were budgeted…
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