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Pocatello staff report ARPA projects largely on track; MOUs and contracts due to obligate remaining funds

2172538 · January 1, 2025
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Public Works Director Jeff Mansfield told Pocatello City Council that the city has obligated the majority of its ARPA funds to projects across parks, utilities and public works and will present several MOUs and contracts next week to obligate remaining funds before the obligation deadline.

Jeff Mansfield, Pocatello public works director and city engineer, told the City Council the administration has obligated or is close to obligating the bulk of the city's ARPA funds and that several memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and contracts will be presented next week to obligate remaining amounts.

"All of these funds need to be obligated by the end of this month, or they will need to be sent back to, to the government," Mansfield said, and reviewed a long list of completed and in-progress projects tied to ARPA funding.

Mansfield listed finished items that included premium pay and completed recreation projects (Brooklyn's playground, pickleball courts), the Ross Park slide (pending one outstanding bill), a completed VFD project for Well No. 14 and ongoing work on well number 2 (substantial completion…

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