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Raytown staff outline ARPA allocations, timelines for major street and safety projects
Summary
City staff told the Board of Aldermen that ARPA allocations must be under agreement by Dec. 31, 2024, then reviewed planned uses — senior home repairs, a police evidence facility, cameras and multiple sewer and roadway projects — and noted several projects are out for bid or nearing bidding.
City staff provided the Board of Aldermen an update Aug. 20 on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, highlighting a year-end allocation deadline and planned uses for the money.
Damon Hodges told the board that ARPA funds “have to be pretty much under agreement allocated, by the end of this year, 12/31/2024,” and that once allocations are under agreement the money can subsequently be spent. Hodges reviewed earlier ARPA uses and current proposals: about $619,000 was used for an employee incentive program; the city allocated $200,000 toward a Habitat for Humanity senior housing program; and a senior minor-home-repair contract is being finalized to disburse $50,000 per year (proposed increase to $100,000 per year for the next contract cycle).
Public-safety and infrastructure projects were the largest focus. Hodges described plans for a police evidence facility (design finalizing, rebid planned in September–October, with return to the board for approval in November), a camera program and a program Hodges referred to as FLAC for crime-fighting technology. Multiple sewer and stormwater projects are active or out for bid: Wildwood North sanitary sewer and an 80 Seventh Street equalization basin; a White Oak West design is being finished; and the 50 Third Street redevelopment project — originally estimated around $550,000 — came in at approximately $687,000 after inspections and scope expansion.
Hodges also discussed a major roadway and stormwater package along Raytown Road and 50 Ninth Street that he described as nearly a $6 million project. “We got about $5,900,000… almost $2,200,000 of that is allocated towards our match on the ARPA project,” Hodges said, adding the estimate could change after bidding. He also said the city expects roughly $4,300,000 of the project cost to be covered by outside funding.
Hodges said several items are out for bid and that the city will reassess priorities if bid results exceed estimates. Board members asked for status confirmations on the Sterling overlay project and heard that the overlay — funded with grant dollars — was expected to start the following week pending weather delays.
Hodges’s presentation emphasized timing constraints for committing ARPA dollars by the end of 2024 and running bids in the coming months so projects can proceed. Staff indicated they will return with contracts and requests for formal approvals as projects near readiness.
