{"id":49781,"date":"2023-01-31T07:47:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=49781"},"modified":"2023-01-31T07:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:47:45","slug":"city-council-approves-arp-funds-for-sr-citizen-program-tables-smart-communities-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-approves-arp-funds-for-sr-citizen-program-tables-smart-communities-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Approves ARP Funds for Sr. Citizen Program, Tables Smart Communities Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamestown City Council voting session (January 30, 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamestown City Council<\/strong> has approved a final installment of funds to the Senior Citizen Home Improvement Incentive Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The additional $377,528 in American Rescue Plan<\/strong> funds will cover any remaining approved applications that could not be funded due to lack of funds in previous rounds.<\/p>\n

The Finance Committee<\/strong> had recommended the previous week using $282,856 in ARP funds to make the program whole based on numbers provided by Assessor Lisa Volpe<\/strong>, but Finance Chair and Council Member at Large Kim Ecklund<\/strong> said those figures were incorrect, “So, last week when we went through this she (Volpe) had estimated a $94,000 savings that she approached to us. When I got the final numbers, in talking to her, in talking to the Acting Comptroller, it was provided in error. So, therefore, it had to go back in to make that the $377,000 to bring this whole so that everybody who applied and was accepted and approved will get the project done.”<\/p>\n

Total funding for the Senior Citizen Home Improvement Incentive Program now stands at $1.87 million.<\/p>\n

Council also approved using $900,000 in ARP funds for water main replacements and street restoration on Roland Road and Juliet Street. The Department of Public Works<\/strong> and Jamestown Board of Public Utilities<\/strong> recommended the work be done after multiple water main breaks on both streets over the decades.<\/p>\n

Ecklund said at this point, $26,230,703 has been spent in ARP funds out the over $28 million received.<\/p>\n

A resolution for the City to adopt the New York State Climate Smart Communities Pledge<\/strong> was tabled for more discussion. Ecklund said while the pledge allows the city to apply for certain grants, there were some misunderstandings from the public and council that needed to be cleared up, “And I asked specifically if the legal team had looked at it before we signed anything and they had not. So, just to cover our bases and make sure we’re not locked into something that we can’t get out of, if you will, I would prefer the legal team to look at it.”<\/p>\n

Council approved several appointments to boards and commissions from Mayor Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> including appointing Thomas Benson<\/strong> of 141 East Virginia Boulevard to serve on the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Board. He replaces Tamu Graham-Reinhardt<\/strong> who has resigned. They also approved appointing Reverend Luke Fodor<\/strong> to the Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees<\/strong>. He will fill out the unexpired term of Dr. Lillian Ney<\/strong> who also had resigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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