Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Erica Lee Carter, County Administrator
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration for approval of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Monitoring and Closeout Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all programs in the ARPA Portfolio to establish the processes needed to maintain compliance standards required by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Background and Discussion:
The ARPA Monitoring and Closeout Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) document the standardization of processes critical to maintain the ARPA portfolio compliance standards required by U.S Treasury.
The ARPA Portfolio includes 167 projects and over $995 million in funding. Each of these projects will need to complete approximately fifty (50) close-out items to ensure proper document retention and audit readiness.
Harris County must abide by U.S. Treasury guidelines for programs supported by $915 million in ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and ensure audit-readiness for five years following the Dec. 31, 2026 expenditure deadline. To maintain consistency across the ARPA Portfolio, programs supported by the additional $85 million in ARPA Interest must meet the same compliance standards and requirements.
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Alternative Options: Not establishing ARPA Monitoring and Close-out standard operating ...
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