DUTCHESS COUNTY COMPTROLLER ROBIN LOIS RELEASES 2023 Q3 UPDATE ON ALLOCATION AND SPENDING OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (ARP) FUNDS
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – The Dutchess County Comptroller’s Office has released their Q3 Special Update Report on the ARP federal funding, the “Dutchess Invests” spending plan, and actual expenditures/obligations of the County as of September 30, 2023. The County has received a total of $57,148,397 in ARP funds and has since spent $25,111,702, of which $2,297,254 was spent in the 3rd quarter. The remaining $32,036,695 must be incurred or obligated by December 31, 2024.
The five largest expenditures from Q2 were for: (1) County Payroll and Benefits – $919,988; (2) Architectural planning and design of the Youth Opportunity Center – $304,943; (3) Mechatronics lab equipment at Dutchess County Community College – $267,912; (4) Infrastructure improvements to Hillcrest and Hudson River Lodging homeless shelters – $197,339, and (5) Playground equipment for Hackett Hill playground in the Town of Hyde Park – $170,000.
The ARP Strategic Plan was updated on June 30, 2023, and no changes have been made since the last report from the Comptroller’s Office dated August 2023.
The ARP Update report can be found here.
