The County previously received Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ALN #21.027), totaling $15,319,967. During the 1st quarter of 2022, the County elected the option of assigning $10,000,000 of the total ARPA funds received for standard revenue replacement. The reported subcategory for the $10,000,000 in ARPA funds was 6.1: Provision of Government Services with the project identified as for Public Safety Infrastructure. The County obligated the full $10,000,000, but under the cash basis of accounting, has reported the following expenditures: Obligated Funds – 6.1: Provision of Government Services $ 10,000,000 Reported Expenditures: Year Ended December 31, 2024 (1,862,996) Year Ended December 31, 2025 (8,137,004) December 31, 2025 – Unexpended Obligations $ - The remaining $5,319,767 in ARPA funds was reported under subcategory 3.4: Public Sector Capacity: Effective Service Delivery with the project being identified as for emergency operations centers and acquisition of emergency response equipment. As of December 31, 2025, the County reported the following obligations and expenditures: Obligated Funds – 3.4: Public Sector Capacity $ 5,319,767 Reported Expenditures: Year Ended December 31, 2022 (498,460) Year Ended December 31, 2023 (1,929,963) Year Ended December 31, 2024 (2,891,344) December 31, 2025 – Unexpended Obligations $ -
The County has entered into grant agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation, passed thru the Missouri Department of Transportation, for a number of bridge construction projects. The projects are: (032) Cape Girardeau County Bridge #002001 on CCR 420 over Caney Fork Creek (033) Cape Girardeau County Bridge #020000 on CCR 501 over Apple Creek Each project is funded with Federal monies, via ALN #21.205, State source soft match monies, and local monies. A recap of the project activity for 2025 by source is a follows: Federal State (Soft Match) Local Total BRO-016 (032) $ 769,962 $ 176,842 $ 15,649 $ 962,453 BRO-016 (033) 1,217,035 91,892 58,528 1,367,455 $ 1,986,997 $ 268,734 $ 74,177 $ 2,329,908