The Board of Estimate of Middletown voted to obligate $5,667,687.75 in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF/ARPA) to meet the federal compliance deadline of Dec. 31, 2024. Unidentified Speaker 1 presented the schedule showing how the funds will be obligated and said all necessary contracts or purchase orders are or will be in place by the deadline.

Unidentified Speaker 1 moved the authorization and Rodriguez seconded; the board approved the motion by voice vote. Unidentified Speaker 2 noted that “there’s no more ARPA money after this year,” a point discussed briefly by members and answered by Unidentified Speaker 1, who said this action represented the city’s final obligation of available ARPA funds.

The board’s presentation referenced an attached schedule listing how projects and obligations will account for the $5,667,687.75 total; the transcript also contains a garbled numeric line that staff read back aloud (transcribed as “5,000,000,667,6875”), which appears to be a recording error rather than a separate appropriation. The board said the action was taken to remain in compliance with ARPA guidelines.

Next steps: staff will finalize and execute the contracts and purchase orders listed in the attached schedule to ensure obligations are recorded before the Dec. 31, 2024 deadline.