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County staff warns of higher costs, structural repairs for Burns Building retrofit funded in part by ARPA
Summary
Miss Snowden told council the county received just over $19 million in ARPA funds, with roughly $15.68M spent/approved and $3.4M in progress; schematic design for the Burns Building retrofit found a 20,000-lb lift has sheared concrete requiring repairs and engineers estimate full upfit costs could be well above the $950,000 allocation.
Miss Snowden gave Lancaster County Council an update on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending and on the planned retrofit of the Burns Building for fleet maintenance and information-technology space.
On ARPA, Snowden said the county received "a little over $19,000,000" and reported that roughly $15.68 million had been funded, approved and completed, with about $3.4 million of projects currently in progress. She said staff will provide a final accounting in January and reminded council that ARPA expenditures and related projects must be completed by Dec. 26, 2026. Snowden also stated that, "for every $1 that we have spent in local ... that was $14 that we've leveraged," describing an informal leverage calculation staff used to show outside…
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