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Raytown administrator outlines ARPA spending plan, lists major sewer and infrastructure projects
Summary
City Administrator Damon Hodges updated the Board of Aldermen on ARPA allocations and project priorities, reporting the city has received its ARPA allocation and identifying sewer, stormwater and a large 50 Ninth Street redevelopment project among planned uses.
City Administrator Damon Hodges told the Raytown Board of Aldermen on Dec. 17 that the city has received its American Rescue Plan Act funds and has allocated most of the money to infrastructure and community programs that must be obligated this year. Hodges summarized multiple projects ranging from an evidence-storage building for the police department to several sanitary-sewer and stormwater projects tied to ongoing redevelopment plans.
"The ARPA funds came directly from the state," Hodges said. "State gave it to the municipalities in 2 tranches, and...we did receive that." He listed prior commitments — including an employee-incentive program and a $200,000 contract with Habitat for Humanity — and said the funds will also cover oversight and staffing costs needed to implement multi-year projects.
Hodges identified a major match the city is providing for a 50 Ninth Street redevelopment project, saying the city’s commitment is roughly $1.9 million as the local match on a roughly $6 million combined project. He also described work on an equalization basin the city needs to increase wastewater capacity and named two other sanitary-sewer projects and multiple utility relocations tied to the city’s stormwater program.
Aldermen asked about whether the full ARPA allocation is in hand and whether award timing creates risk. Alderman Myers asked directly, "How much of that 5,900,000 have we already received?" Hodges replied that the city has received the funds and that the county’s allocation is handled separately, with its own deadlines for obligation.
Hodges cautioned that weather and coordination with utility owners could affect construction schedules; several aldermen asked that staff circulate the ARPA expenditure slides to the full board. Hodges also announced that the city’s human-resources director plans to retire in February, and staff will return with details about the recruitment.
The update frames the city’s immediate 2025 capital work: sewer and stormwater projects that rely on ARPA and grant matches and the department-level spending needed to complete designs and oversight in the coming months.
