Johnsburg Supervisor Andrea Hogan has been appointed chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors' American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Task Force which will make decisions on how county leaders will spend $12.4 million in federal funds that will be received through ARPA.
On October 15th, the Warren County Board of Supervisors is expected finalize the membership of the committee that will make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for ARPA funding uses. This committee will hold a number of public meetings in the months to come to decide how the money can be used within the ARPA guidelines. These meetings will be livestreamed on YouTube. Dates for these meetings have not yet been scheduled.
Do you want to hear what your friends and neighbors had to say about the best uses of this money?
Warren County has also published the results of its public survey on the Warren County website, located here on the "Public Survey Results" link. Hundreds of people responded with many great ideas.
“Thank you to our residents and visitors who weighed in with many great ideas! We are working to make sure our residents are integrally involved in our decision-making process for this funding, and the 1,100 survey responses we received was a great start,” said Johnsburg Supervisor Andrea Hogan, chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors Economic Growth & Development Committee. “We will hold numerous public meetings in the months to come to transparently make decisions about the best way to use this funding to prepare Warren County for the post-COVID world and to preserve and improve the quality of life we enjoy here in Warren County.”