Fayette County’s Board of Commissioners is deciding how it will spend the $22.1 million the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which passed the U.S. Congress in March. The board met in a special session Thursday morning to review a plan put forth by County Administrator Steve Rapson. The funds have parameters and must be used by the end of 2024.
The proposed allocations include $11.2 million to install an advanced water metering system countywide, as well as $5.9 million to complete a new health department building. Another $3.8 million would be spent on new fire and EMS training courses and equipment, with the last $1.2 million going to the sheriff’s department for its training facility. All of those capital improvement projects have been discussed at previous public meetings.
The board voted 5-0 to table a decision on the expenditures until its May 13 meeting, to give the members and the public more time to review the plans. Details are posted in the commission’s May 6 agenda at www.fayettecountyga.gov.
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