DATE: April 7, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment to American Rescue Plan Act - State Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Expenditure Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve proposed Amendments to the County of Fresno's American Rescue Plan Act - State Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA-SLFRF) expenditure plan by reassigning funding availability under Public Works and Planning's (PWP) Turnout on Friant-Kern Canal at Big Dry Creek Infrastructure (Turnout) Program ($1,591,550) and General Services Departments (GSD) Program No. 2 Generator/Electrical Improvements in Public Facilities ($110,072) to the following Programs:
a. Department of Human Resources (HR), Congregate Setting Retention Payments (CSRP) program up to $925,500 which will increase funding availability in this program from $13,504,502 to $14,430,002; and
b. The Sheriff's Office and the Probation Department Negative Impacts: public safety, public health, mental and behavioral health at County Jail and Juvenile Justice Campus (JJC) program up to $666,050, which will increase funding availability in this program from $12,286,068 to $12,952,118; and
c. GSD, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) Improvements at Certain Essential County Facilities program up to $70,435, which will increase funding availability from $6,506,000 to $6,576,435; and
d. GSD, HVAC Systems and Electrical Maintenance and Repairs to Downtown County Public Facilities program up to $39,637, which will increase funding availability from $1,302,386 to $1,342,023.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will amend the County's ARPA-SLFRF expenditure plan and reallocate a total of $1,701,622 consisting of funding availability in programs under the PWP ($1,591,550) and GSD ($110,072). Approval of the recommended action will reallocate the identified funding availability to the following four programs: CSRP program, Sheriff's Office and Probation Department's ne...
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