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Guadalupe County reviews roughly $2.08M in unallocated ARPA funds, explores uses
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a reconciliation showing about $2,079,003 unallocated from American Rescue Plan Act funds and discussed committing the money to emergency services facilities, land purchases, hospital projects, or other contingency uses before the grant administrator's December deadline.
The judge opened discussion of reconciliation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, saying the county was "originally funded a little over $32,000,000" and that reconciliation shows "right at $2,000,000" unallocated. Staff warned residual bills for the CAD system and elections equipment could reduce that balance, with staff citing about $80,000 for CAD and $109,798.98 for elections equipment as possible adjustments.
Commissioners and staff traded options for committing the funds before the grant deadline in December. Staff noted that letters of intent or MOUs signed by both parties could qualify as committed expenditures under the grant administrator's guidance, but cautioned that construction contracts and procurement documents typically must be in place to meet federal requirements. Commissioner discussion ranged from using funds to help build emergency response centers and an EOC/warehouse to partnering with cities on joint facilities and allocating money for volunteer fire departments or hospital projects. "If we don't, technically, I believe we're supposed to send that money back," the judge said, urging commissioners to identify contingency projects that can be documented by December.
Next steps: staff will seek hard cost estimates from architects and contractors and coordinate with Langford, the county's grant administrator, to confirm what forms of commitment (contracts, LOIs, MOUs) will satisfy ARPA requirements.
