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Commissioners pull funding for Bob Hall Pier "second tier" restaurant; reallocate ARPA money to core pier work
Summary
After county legal and ARPA staff said Treasury rules generally do not permit ARPA funds for new restaurant construction, the court voted to discontinue county-funded plans for a second'story restaurant at Bob Hall Pier and to reallocate previously committed commissioner ARPA allocations back into unallocated funds; one commissioner redirected his allocation to the pier reconstruction.
The Nueces County Commissioner's Court on March 8 revisited American Rescue Plan Act allocations for the Bob Hall Pier reconstruction and a proposed second'story restaurant expansion. Legal and ARPA staff told the court that while ARPA "revenue loss" funds can support governmental services such as pier reconstruction, Treasury rules generally bar funding for new construction or new revenue'generating private facilities. That distinction left unclear whether an added restaurant second story would qualify.
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