Officials noted that the influx of COVID-19 relief and ARPA funds between 2021 and 2024 created a temporarily resource-rich environment that eased financial tensions between state and local governments. As these federal funds deplete, the fiscal landscape is shifting, requiring the city to adapt to a tighter budget and increased competition for state resources.
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City Council Workshops · Apr 13, 2026 · 31:47–32:11 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: ARPA
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30:44 to an additional one tenth of one percent on sales tax specifically for children and family services, childcare, things of that nature. It's only like two paragraphs so it's pretty broad and as always when you have legislative authority you can also put it out to a vote and then I guess lastly I wanted to highlight that you also now can extend levy lid lifts from six years to ten so not insignificant. Sarah I feel certain I've pressed it three times, would you if you could advance it? Thank you so much, she's the best.
31:38 Some of the things I think like moving forward you know as Erin mentioned you know we had some go-go years with COVID and ARPA dollars and a lot of additional resources where we were very successful in getting either direct appropriations or just you know there wasn't what I would call like a lot of tension between state government and local government in terms of resources since they're just fairly resource rich from you know 2021 until 24 or so. That's obviously changed the last couple years and just thinking more about where we fit in with respect to some of our traditional partners and I think maybe doing a better job of cultivating some new partners that we haven't traditionally thought of like with
32:35 respect to public safety issues how do we get more engaged with like the victims community and things like that. On the housing I think this city rightfully prides itself on all the incredible work you've done in the unhoused sphere and the housing sphere generally but we've been we broadly cities have been targeted have been kind of put in the position where both from the left
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cross_cutting keyword 31:47–32:11 ARPA
ficant. Sarah I feel certain I've pressed it three times, would you if you could advance it? Thank you so much, she's the best. Some of the things I think like moving forward you know as Erin mentioned you know we had some go-go years with COVID and ARPA dollars and a lot of additional resources where we were very successful in getting either direct appropriations or just you know there wasn't what I would call like a lot of tension between state government and local government in terms of resou