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Reidsville council allocates ARPA funds for Lake Reidsville upgrades, approves budget amendment
Summary
The council authorized moving remaining ARPA dollars into Parks & Recreation and approved a budget amendment to fund capital improvements at Lake Reidsville, including trail concreting and campground utility work; staff gave cost estimates and outlined possible expansion ideas.
Reidsville — The City Council on Nov. 12 approved two budget measures to obligate remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds for capital improvements at Lake Reidsville, including trail paving, utility tie-ins for additional campsites and feasibility work for a possible campground expansion.
Assistant City Manager and Finance Director Chris Phillips told the council the city must obligate the remaining ARPA dollars by the end of the calendar year and proposed transferring roughly $390,000 from the ARPA fund to the Parks and Recreation fund to be recognized as revenue and appropriated for capital projects at the lake. ‘‘There is right now $390,000 left in American Rescue Plan funds that we are going to obligate to Reidsville improvements,’’ Phillips said.
Josh Beck, the city’s Public Works director, gave specifics: staff obtained estimates to concrete all park paths (he cited an estimate around $155,000 to concrete trails across the campground) and identified a relatively low-cost option to tie five or six additional campsites to the existing pump station (materials roughly $4,000). Beck also recommended contingency funding and private-utility locates to avoid damaging existing lines and emphasized protecting the lake as the city’s drinking-water source, which limits septic expansion.
Councilors discussed phasing and the potential for later amenities such as cabins, expanded loops, and centralized recreational features. Phillips said the $390,000 allocation, together with prior allocations, leaves a cushion to complete approved work and to consider feasibility and design studies for future expansion.
Council approved a special-revenue project fund amendment to move ARPA funds to Parks and Recreation and then adopted Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 6 authorizing recognition and appropriation of the funds for Lake Reidsville capital improvements. Both motions carried on voice/raised-hand votes.
What happens next: Public Works staff will proceed with scoped work and follow procurement processes; Council discussed potential follow-up design or feasibility studies if councilors want to pursue camping expansion or additional amenities.
