City Adminstrator Brian Winningham provided an overview of how the American Rescue Plan Act could impact the City of Dickinson from employees, programs and offsetting city fees.
Dickinson City Administrator Brian Winningham speaks at a previous Dickinson City Commission meeting. Winningham provided an overview of the American Rescue Plan Act relief funding during a meeting to the Dickinson City Commission Dec. 21, 2021, on how those funds will impact the city, employees and residents. (Dickinson Press file photo)
DICKINSON — On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) — which is the fourth COVID-19 related economic response package and the first-ever relief funding that has been directly allocation to municipalities. The City of Dickinson is expected to receive a total of $3.6 million in funding from ARPA, with the city having already received the first half of those funds last year. The city expects to receive the second installment by the fall of 2022 — raising the questions of how to best allocate the funds.
City Administrator Brian Winningham provided an overview during the Dec. 21 Dickinson City Commission meeting on the ARPA relief funding that the federal government intends to pass — which is estimated at $1.9 trillion and will be distributed across the country. So far, Dickinson has received $1.8 million and Winningham noted that the city anticipates to receive that same amount by September.
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