The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) included $350 billion in pandemic-related aid for state and local governments. Vermont has received more than $1.25 billion of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funding from ARPA. While the legislature and the governor will determine how more than $1 billion of that funding will be spent, Congress directed nearly $200 million of that funding directly to Vermont’s cities, towns, and villages. City councils and Selectboards will have discretion over how to spend their allocations.
The Town of Monkton will receive some $624,725 in ARPA funds. There have been a large number of suggestions as to what to do with the funds and the Selectboard has compiled a list of projects. Please note that inclusion in this list just means the Selectboard will evaluate the request not that it has approved the request. There are two columns on the right hand side indicating those projects that have been approved and how much funding was allocated.
The Selectboard has also created a draft scorecard to help the board evaluate the projects.