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Oklahoma County committee sets April deadline for final ARPA allocations as closeouts begin

Policy and Governance Committee (Oklahoma County) ยท January 13, 2026

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Summary

Policy & Governance Committee reviewed ARPA compliance results and fund status and set an April 1 deadline to finalize allocations for external subrecipients so projects can spend and close out before federal timelines.

Speaker 3, not specified, told the Policy & Governance Committee on Jan. 12 that the county's ARPA program is entering its final year and that staff are intensifying quarterly reporting, site visits and formal project closeouts.

He summarized compliance-webinar feedback from 51 subrecipients and said the county will reconcile quarterly reports to convert 'liquidated' numbers (money removed from the county bank account) into final expenditure figures once subrecipient data are received. "Liquidated is the money out of the county bank account," Speaker 3 said, explaining the difference between funds transferred to subrecipients and what they have actually spent.

The committee heard project-level figures: 77 community projects (excluding the detention center and PBAs project), of which 54 remain active; 59 projects had received all allocated funding, but only 23 of those had fully expended those dollars. Speaker 3 said a small number of projects (four) had been reallocated.

Looking ahead, staff recommended hard deadlines for reallocations and internal adjustments so projects have time to spend funds and staff can complete compliance closeouts. Speaker 3 said the committee should make decisions on additional allocations to active external subrecipients by April 1 to allow projects time to spend and close out; July 1 was recommended as the internal-project deadline and Dec. 1 as a final hard stop on any allocations.

The committee voted to receive the report. The county's ARPA team said it will return updated expenditure information after quarterly reports are reconciled and will step up site visits and document reviews during this closeout year.

The committee did not take funding allocation actions at the meeting; April, July and December were presented as target dates for decision-making and staff follow-up.