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Hamilton budget workshop: ARPA funds gone, recycling and health-care costs push up 2024 numbers
Summary
Finance staff told the council that the $5 million in ARPA dollars that had helped offset costs in prior years is no longer available, and that recycling and solid-waste expenses and health-benefit increases are major drivers of the 2024 revenue gap and surplus usage decisions.
Hamilton Township finance staff and councilors reviewed revenue pressures and grant expectations at the April 4 budget workshop, highlighting the end of ARPA support and large increases in recycling and group-insurance costs.
Key fiscal changes: staff noted that roughly $5 million of federal ARPA dollars that had been used in prior budgets will not be available for 2024. That change, combined with sharp increases in solid-waste and recycling costs and rising…
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