HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council's American Rescue Plan Act work session with Lynette Lacy Tuesday evening on how to spend the approximately $6.4 million the city is getting ended up roughly in the place that City Manager Jeff Cantrell had suggested prior to the meeting, with the city putting 50% of its ARPA allocation toward city needs.
It sounded like $300,000 of the city's half of the money was going to be allocated to the housing commission.
Also, $440,000 of the city's portion of the money has already been allocated to the fire equipment needs expressed by Chief Beer in March.
The other 50% will be set aside to deal with needs expressed by the ARPA task force.
Opinions appeared to coalesce around roughly 30% of the money to child care, 10% to economic development and 10% to housing, through a grant process that will likely come through an outside agency.
There hasn't been a decision on which agency might be used, but city staff has been directed to put an item on the next public meeting agenda to give the council a progress report on a potential request for proposal to find that grant overseeing agency.