Jackson County reaches agreement on ARPA funds [Video]

FIRES, AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THOSE UPDATES COME IN. AND NOW TO BREAKING NEWS FROM JACKSON COUNTY. LEGISLATORS HAVE NOW AGREED ON THEIR 70 MILLION DECISION. KMBC NINE ANDY ALCOCK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FIGHT ALL WEEK AND HE IS LIVE AT THE INGLEWOOD ARTS CENTER IN INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT. ANDY, TELL US WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. YEAH, BRIAN AND LAURA, WE ARE TOLD IT MEANS NONPROFIT GROUPS LIKE THE INGLEWOOD ARTS CENTER WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR FUNDING. LAST YEAR IN 2023, THE NONPROFIT GROUP APPLIED FOR $4.8 MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, OR ARPA, MONEY, TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AMONG OTHER ITEMS. BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN THIS AFTERNOON, UP AGAINST AN END OF THE YEAR DEADLINE, THE LEGISLATURE VOTED EIGHT TO NOTHING TO PUT THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDS INTO TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. ONE LEGISLATOR ABSTAINED FROM THAT VOTE. HALF WILL GO TOWARDS JACKSON COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE …