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Sampson County adopts ordinance to document use of American Rescue Plan funds
Summary
The Sampson County Board of Commissioners adopted a project ordinance retroactively documenting how more than $12 million in American Rescue Plan Act fiscal recovery funds were used, including allocations for water infrastructure, premium pay and revenue replacement for public safety payroll and contracts to avoid a potential federal clawback.
The Sampson County Board of Commissioners at a special meeting in the County Auditorium adopted a project ordinance to retroactively document the county's use of American Rescue Plan Act fiscal recovery funds, county staff said.
Melissa, a county staff member, told commissioners, "Back in 2021, we received 12, a little bit over $12,000,000 in fiscal recovery funds from the US Treasury. In September of 20 21, we the board approved the general funding plan for use of those funds." She said the ordinance uses a U.S. Treasury template to list allowable uses and to formally record how some of the money was spent.
The ordinance matters because federal rules require documented project-level approvals for many categories of ARPA…
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