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Universal City council to allocate remaining ARPA balance toward mental health officers; clarifies training and duties
Summary
Council heard an ARPA report showing roughly $5.18 million received and staff proposed allocating about $140,000 of the remaining balance to FY2026 to fund mental health officers. Council and staff discussed training, duties and deployment of the positions.
Universal City Council on Jan. 7 reviewed an annual American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) report and agreed by consensus to allocate the remaining ARPA balance toward funding for the city's mental health officers.
Finance Director Christine Green told the council the city received $5,181,363 in ARPA funds. She said funds already applied include water and sewer infrastructure (about $400,000), cybersecurity (about $759,000), $700,000 for mental health officers and $800,000 for a fire truck. Green said the remaining balance is approximately $173,000 and staff proposed moving about $140,000 of that, plus roughly $33,000 in interest, into the fiscal year 2026 budget to continue funding the city's mental health officer positions.
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