SUBURBAN SPENDING Small area cities have begun spending their ARPA allotments, while others are forming their spending plans. City expenditures are as of March 1.
Awarded
Expenditures to date
HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE
HOLLYWOODPARK
SHAVANOPARK
Population total: 3,130
Population total: 3,524
Population total: 942
$810,000*
$93,696
$484,868
$79,291
$276,033
PROPOSED USES: fiber connectivity and keyless entry for city facilities, heart defibrillators
PROPOSED USES: backup power supply, new “jaws of life” device, bunker gear
SPENT ON: City Hall security system, 2 replacement CPR machines, duty rifles
SPENT ON: mobile police radios, cleaning supplies for city facilities
SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, CITY OF HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE, TOWN OF HOLLYWOOD PARK, CITY OF SHAVANO PARK/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER *NO EXPENDITURES TO DATE
administrator and police chief for Hill Country Village. Morales said his city has spent $79,124 to replace public safety radios used by its 13 police officers. “New radios are a requirement for the city to transition to the new regional public safety radio system and communicate with neighboring agencies,” Morales said. According to Morales, Hill Coun- try Village has spent another $167 on
cleaning and sanitation supplies for city facilities, and that city staffers are preparing recommendations to spend the remaining money. Nearby, Hollywood Park received $405,000 from a total $810,000 allo- cation in 2021, with the remaining ARPA money arriving this spring, City Secretary Patrick Aten said. Aten said the Hollywood Park council directed city staff to use the funds on various items, including
new radios for emergency first responders, upgrades to council chambers, fuel storage tanks, CPR machines, city department equip- ment and vehicles, cyber security, and a planned permanent septic sys- tem at Triangle Park. Lastly, Shavano Park is weigh- ing using its $484,868 allocation to replace equipment, vehicles and other capital items across five city departments, including a new car and
body camera system for police and a new “jaws of life” rescue tool for fire- fighters, according to the city’s 2021- 22 budget summary. City Manager Bill Hill said the city will develop a final spending plan later this year. “That will be sorted out in the next few months,” Hill said.
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