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Marquette County Board approves ARPA spending for PSAP grant match, courtroom AV and childcare training
Summary
The County Board authorized several uses of remaining ARPA funds, including up to $208,860 to match a PSAP grant, $52,500 toward a courtroom A/V upgrade, and $2,500 to seed a childcare training fund, as part of a series of adopted resolutions in early 2024.
The Marquette County Board of Supervisors voted this year to use portions of remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support public-safety and county infrastructure projects and a small childcare workforce initiative.
In January the board adopted Resolution 1-2024 to apply up to $208,860 in ARPA funds to cover the county’s 10% match and remaining costs for a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) grant awarded to the Sheriff’s Office. The resolution was introduced by Supervisors Alan Gibeaut and Kathy Jo Locke and passed on a roll call vote (Ayes 15; Noes 2). The Department of Military Affairs and Office of Emergency Communications had awarded roughly $311,417 in PSAP grant funds that require a county match.
The board later approved Resolution 8-2024 to allocate $52,500 of ARPA funds toward a $61,498.96 courtroom audio/visual upgrade requested by the MIS Department and the county judge; the remaining $8,998.96 will come from the MIS budget. Judicial & Public Safety and Executive & Finance committees recommended the project.
Separately, the board approved a modest ARPA transfer of $2,500 (Resolution 7-2024) to launch a Childcare Teaching Training Fund administered through the county’s Economic Development department to support local childcare needs.
Administrator Ron Barger reported that the county dissolved an earlier ARPA ad hoc committee in 2023 and that remaining ARPA allocations are being reviewed by Executive & Finance before disbursement. No additional project timelines or contractor awards for PSAP or courtroom upgrades were specified in the meeting record; the Sheriff’s Office and MIS were identified as the responsible offices for project planning and implementation.
The board’s actions allocate one-time federal relief dollars toward equipment and program startup costs rather than ongoing operating expenses; further budget or grant-matching details were to be managed by the appropriate committees and departments.
