William White reports ARPA-funded projects: elevator progress, ARPA spending timeline

William White, the presenter for the ARPA project report, told the Oklahoma County Infrastructure Advisory Board that elevator work is moving and that ARPA funds should be nearly exhausted by September. "With completion still scheduled for October 5," White said, "All the ARPA funds [will be] spent, possibly 1 small billing in October, but, we will have spent the ARPA funds by that time."

White described separate items for the annex front entrance (security work and change-order items requested by the sheriff's office) and said parts for the courthouse elevator had been ordered and would require a reinspection once installed. He said one annex elevator is having recurring issues and that the contractor and manufacturer representatives are working to resolve them. White also reported that Flintco lists late December as the project's substantial-completion date for its portion of work.

The board received the report and the Chair moved to receive it. The transcript records the motion and the Chair's call for approval but does not provide a roll-call vote count or named yeas and nays. The report covered construction sequencing, remaining punch-list items for a patient mock-up room at the behavioral health site, and a projected timeline that staff said would leave only non‑ARPA funding sources as the project proceeds.

Why it matters: the ARPA-funded phase includes equipment and site work that county staff say must be finished before warranty acceptance and full turnover. White emphasized commissioning and warranty acceptance as prerequisites to final acceptance and long-term operation.