In Plymouth, the County has distributed over eighty five million dollars to the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA funding to the twenty-seven communities that make up Plymouth County.
And County Treasurer Tom O’Brien reports that there is some left, but it’s all been applied for.
WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more…
County Treasurer Tom O’Brien has the details:
“We’ve distributed eighty-five million, three hundred and one thousand, nine hundred and eighteen dollars and twenty-four cents. So, we have a little bit left, but I can tell you that our communities have applied for all of that money and those applications have to be completed by December 31st of this year.”
O’Brien explains how the ARPA funds were allocated by Commissioners Jared Valanzola, Sandra Wright and Greg Hanley:
“So, the Plymouth County Commissioners received the money, and again, it was one hundred and one million, two hundred thirty-seven thousand, three hundred and seventy eight dollars. They then took the population of Plymouth County and allocated the money out to the twenty-seven communities, based on population.“
So what if a town doesn’t use all the money? Treasurer O’Brien says
that’s where they are in the process:
“We’re now toward the end and it’s clear every community is going to use all of their money.”
Plymouth County has been recognized for diligence in the distribution
of ARPA funds:
“We received national recognition for the excellence in administration of the ARPA program around the country.”
In Plymouth, Bobbi Clark, WATD News.
