Geary County has received $3,757,000 in American Recovery Program funding. Trish Giordano said that is one half of the ARP money the county expects to get. "Due to the fact that it's not a rush like it was with the Spark money we're going to be working on some policies on how we're going to distribute that, how best it's going to serve the county, to try to help as many people as possible."
Giordano said that there are recommendations or requirements for use of the money such as COVID-19 response, water and sewer. "We have a very big project out at Laurel Canyon that they've been working on. I believe the money is qualified to be used for that. "
Other potential projects could involve Geary Community Hospital and Rural Water District Four. Final decisions have not yet been made.