(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

While several communities across Beaver County have been using American Rescue Plan Act funds to rejuvenate their business culture following the pandemic shutdown, it turns out that some communities haven’t spent any money at all.

This was spoken out loud by County solicitor Garen Fedeles at Wednesday’s work session, as he spoke about the next steps for those communities.

“Probably within the next week, a letter is going to be sent out to those communities who have not spent any money at all, asking for a detailed plan as far as what they plan to utilize that money for, any sitting contracts they have signed…just some type of idea to understand where they plan on utilizing that money,” Fedeles stated.

The reasoning for this push by the County to inquire about the update is simple, according to Solicitor Fedeles: “If that money isn’t spent–and the county has been pretty clear with this–we lose it. So we want to ensure that we don’t lose it.”

Fedeles did not disclose which communities did not spend any money; however it was pointed out by Controller Maria Longo that the ARPA Tracking page on the County website does display a comprehensive breakdown of money spent as opposed to money allocated based on category.