Madison County Board approves major ARPA funding package for stormwater, water and local infrastructure
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Summary
The Madison County Board on Sept. 21 approved a suite of immediate emergency appropriations and ARPA-funded payments totaling millions for stormwater, drinking water, sewer, public safety radios and community services, with unanimous roll-call approvals reported by committee chairs.
Madison County Board members voted unanimously Sept. 21 to adopt a broad package of immediate emergency appropriations and allocations from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to pay for stormwater, drinking-water, sewer and other local projects.
The Finance & Government Operations Committee presented multiple resolutions that reallocated ARPA and grant receipts to municipal and district projects. Key approvals included $2.6 million for the Wood River Drainage & Levee District, $2,068,500 to the Village of Godfrey for ditch and detention improvements, $1,360,000 to the Village of Maryville for a Keebler Road sewer interceptor and $823,000 for drainage work in Edwardsville. The board also approved $662,500 to the Village of Glen Carbon and $840,650 to the Village of Maryville for drinking-water projects, and a consolidated ARPA-Stormwater resolution listing recipients and amounts.
Why it matters: County officials said the projects were reviewed by staff and determined eligible under ARPA rules (citing 2 C.F.R. 200) and fall inside the covered expenditure period. Committee documents showed the county has allocated $51,078,063 in ARPA funds and is using that appropriation authority to push funds to local infrastructure needs.
Several non‑infrastructure appropriations were also approved: $3,738,000 for a Starcom two‑way radio system intended to improve interoperability among the sheriff’s office and local responders; $1,500,000 in revenue-replacement payments to community fire districts; $750,000 for the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau; and voter-approved grant applications and state grant pass-throughs for juvenile and adult Redeploy Illinois programs.
The board recorded committee support on the floor and approved the resolutions by voice and recorded roll calls. Committee chairs signed the motions and the board clerk placed the reports on file.
What’s next: The resolutions direct the county chairman (or chairman pro tem) to execute the agreements or payments and establish the budget lines. Several items noted that amounts not expended in FY2022 would be reappropriated for the remaining ARPA covered period through Dec. 31, 2024.