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Monroe County Legislature approves $6 million in ARPA grants to local nonprofits after close amendment vote
Summary
The Legislature approved $6,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act beneficiary agreements for more than two dozen nonprofits after a narrow 15-13 amendment vote; the main motion was adopted as amended 28-0. Exhibit A in the record lists organizations and award amounts.
The Monroe County Legislature on Nov. 12 approved a package of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) beneficiary agreements totaling $6,000,000, adopting the main motion as amended by subsequent floor action.
A motion to amend the allocation list (Motion No. 49) passed 15-13; the amended main motion (Intro. 365) was later adopted as amended with a recorded vote of 28-0. Legislators Burgess and Frazier declared their interest in the item prior to the final adoption. The record includes an Exhibit A listing named organizations and individual award amounts, including $513,585.06 for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester d/b/a Catholic Charities Family & Community Services and identical $513,585.06 awards for Independent Living for Seniors Inc. (d/b/a ElderONE) and Anthony L. Jordan Health Corporation, among others, and a total program sum of $6,000,000.
Sponsor Legislator Maffucci and Majority Leader Michael Yudelson carried the item through adoption. The record shows the 15-13 vote on the amendment with several legislators recorded as voting in the negative on that motion (Barnhart, Baynes, Blankley, Bonnick, Burgess, Cruz, Delvecchio Hoffman, Frazier, Hasman, Long, Vazquez Simmons, and Román), and the final adopt-as-amended recorded as unanimous among those voting (28-0) after the two declared interests were noted.
The allocation list covers a range of local nonprofits providing services from senior support to youth programs and food assistance. The measure was entered in the minutes as Res. 301 (Main Motion as Amended).
