Dutchess County Aims for Savings with Smaller, Smarter, Shared Government Services

Counties should continue to advocate for county priorities to be included in the final budget reconciliation bill.

 On May 20, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) distributed a memo to counties that received American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) dollars who had program income or reported $0 obligated on their recent program & expenditure reports. 

Megan Dunn started on the Snohomish County, Wash. Council two months before the COVID-19 pandemic started, but despite those challenges, she was up to run for reelection.