McDonough

McDONOUGH — The designation of more than $5 million in remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) were approved by the McDonough City Council during its last meeting of the year. Any remaining funds had to be designated to a variety of uses before the end of 2024 or be sent back to the federal government.

McDonough received a total of $9.9 million in ARPA funds after President Joe Biden signed the act in 2021. Since then, more than $4 million has been put towards contractual agreements and improvements to the city; and there was still $5.6 million that needed designation during the City Council meeting on Dec. 16. If the remaining money was not obligated towards a specific contract by Dec. 31, it would have needed to be returned to the federal government.

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