{"id":48403,"date":"2022-11-30T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48403"},"modified":"2022-11-30T07:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T12:41:44","slug":"city-council-approves-3-75-million-in-arp-funded-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-approves-3-75-million-in-arp-funded-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Approves $3.75 Million in ARP Funded Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48404\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48404\" data-attachment-id=\"48404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-approves-3-75-million-in-arp-funded-programs\/city-council-11-28-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?fit=994%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"994,577\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G973U1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1669665132&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"City Council 11-28-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jamestown City Council voting session (November 28, 2022)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?fit=994%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-48404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?resize=376%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamestown City Council voting session (November 28, 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jamestown City Council<\/strong> has approved using $3.75 million in <strong>American Rescue Plan<\/strong> funds for several programs, including funding the <strong>Chautauqua County Land Bank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals that had been on Council members&#8217; desks for several months included funding a <strong>Non-Profit Assistance Program<\/strong> with $1.5 million, the Chautauqua County Land Bank with $1 million, the <strong>Business Expansion and Building Acquisition program<\/strong> with $750,000, and the <strong>19A Homeownership program<\/strong> with $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>The 19A Homeownership program was initially proposed to be funded with $750,000, but was reduced, with the intention that the other $250,000 would go toward the <strong>Senior Citizen Home Improvement Incentive program<\/strong>. With Council&#8217;s approval of last night&#8217;s resolutions, the Senior Citizen program is now fully funded for those who had qualified for the program, but not funded due to monies being exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Council tabled two local laws that need to now sit on their desks for 30 days. One is a local law to authorize the use of video conferencing for meetings of public bodies. Council President <strong>Tony Dolce<\/strong> said the law will just reinforce what the city had been doing for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The other local law is for the <strong>reapportionment<\/strong> of Ward boundary lines. Both local laws will be voted on at Council&#8217;s voting session in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown City Council has approved using $3.75 million in American Rescue Plan funds for several programs, including funding the Chautauqua County Land Bank. The proposals that had been on Council members&#8217; desks for several months included funding a Non-Profit Assistance Program with $1.5 million, the Chautauqua County Land Bank with $1 million, the Business Expansion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":48404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[11796,10348,12257,8164,521,1122,12254,11464,2269],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/City-Council-11-28-22.jpg?fit=994%2C577&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cAH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47263,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/discussion-on-arp-funding-continues-at-jamestown-city-council-meeting\/","url_meta":{"origin":48403,"position":0},"title":"Discussion on ARP Funding Continues at Jamestown City Council Meeting","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamestown City Council continued discussions on how to use American Rescue Plan funds as new programs are proposed. 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