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Resident warns Royal Oak commission of ARPA spending deadline, flags procurement risks
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A resident urged the Royal Oak commission to accelerate and document spending of $28 million in ARPA funds, warning of U.S. Treasury deadlines and possible disallowed expenditures if procurement rules were not followed.
Royal Oak — During public comment at the Aug. 11 City Commission meeting, resident Janice Wegman urged the commission to provide clearer tracking and accountability for roughly $28 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
Wegman told the commission that ARPA requires not only that money be committed but that funds be spent — "checks written" — by the end of next year or the city could be required to return unspent funds to the U.S. Treasury. She…
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