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San Marcos council backs routing leftover ARPA funds to rental and utility assistance, extends consultant work

2341345 · February 18, 2025
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The council directed staff to prepare a resolution reallocating small leftover American Rescue Plan Act funds to a BR3T-administered rental and utility assistance program and to extend the city's ARPA compliance contract with Booth Consulting.

San Marcos City Council on Feb. 18 instructed staff to reallocate modest unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the city27s rental and utility assistance program administered by BR3T and to extend the city27s consultant contract for ARPA compliance documentation.

City staff said the city received ARPA tranches in 2021 and 2022, has allocated the $18 million-plus package across 78 projects and has obligated nearly all funds before the federal obligation deadline. Staff proposed zeroing out several line items that came in under budget (about $28,500) and directing most of those available dollars to the rental…

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