City Of Wauwatosa: American Rescue Plan Act - Proposed Funding Package

Wauwatosa WI

10 March, 2022

5:07 AM

Description

Press release from the City of Wauwatosa: 03/09/2022 1:42 PM The Committee of the Whole voted to send a funding package to Council for consideration. This represents how Wauwatosa might allocate its $24 million in COVID-19 relief. Wauwatosa is receiving roughly $24 million in COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan Act. Over the past several months, Wauwatosa has hosted several community engagement opportunities to understand how allocating these funds might help our community recover and build resiliency from the effects of the pandemic. Read more about our past community engagement. We received proposals from the community and city staff and presented a funding package to the Committee of the Whole for their consideration. Watch the following meetings for more information: January 18 - a summary of the community engagement and all of the project ideas and proposals received March 1 part 1 - an initial funding package presentation part 2 - voting by the Committee of the Whole March 8 - discussion and voting by the Committee of the Whole of a funding package The Committee of the Whole voted to send a funding package to the Common Council for approval. Below are a list of projects included in that funding package. The Common Council will discuss the funding package on March 15. They may modify the funding package before taking a vote, meaning that the funding package can be changed by the Council during their discussion on March 15. Proposed projects, organized by theme: COVID-19 Response COVID-19 Mitigation and Pandemic Planning, $824,317 Electronic Health Records System for the Wauwatosa Health Department, $119,000 General Government 2023-2026 Budget Stabilization, $950,000 Contingency, $500,000 Reporting and Administrative Support, $50,000 Equity COVID-19 Equity Collection, $272,000 Senior Ride Program through Hart Park Senior Center, $70,000 Wauwatosa Housing Rehabilitation Program, $1,750,000 Infrastructure 68th Street Water Main Relay, $2,500,000 Hybrid meeting technology for city meetings, $35,000 Mayfair Road Water Main Lining, $1,050,000 Potter Road Solar Photovoltaic System,  $375,000 Potter Road Water Main Relay, $1,800,000 Remodeling of Wauwatosa Fire Stations 52 & 53, $700,000 Update and Secure SCADA Control Computers, $80,000 West Zone Pumping Station, $5,250,000 Mental Health Community Health Workers to Address Youth Mental Health, $350,543 Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Program, $577,000 Parks Implementing Active Tosa Plan, $4,000,000 Small Business CDA Small Business Building Improvement Program, $500,000 Village BID Director, $60,000 The public can attend in person or on Zoom. There will be no public comment during the meeting (which is typical for a meeting of the Common Council). However, you can contact your elected officials directly or send your thoughts to [email protected] to be included in the public meeting packet. Return to full list >> This press release was produced by the City of Wauwatosa. The views expressed here are the author's own.