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Fort Collins leaders are pursuing a 15/85 model for the American Rescue Plan money, which will total about $28.12 million. That will mean 15% (about $4.2 million) going to address immediate needs, in a staff-directed process similar to how the city spent CARES Act money in 2020. The other 85% (about $23.9 million) will go toward a longer-term Fort Collins Recovery Plan that is being developed now and will involve more community input.
Fort Collins City Council and city staff discussed the funding at a Tuesday work session.
We’ll know more about the short-term funding this summer, as the city plans to start distributing it as soon as July. As for the rest of the funding, staff is working to develop the recovery plan now and will present it to council and the community this fall. The city will seek public input throughout that process.
This is reporter Jacy Marmaduke.
Fort Collins’ municipal election season is over, and now comes the (other) fun part: a new City Council.
Elections bring new faces to council pretty much every two years, but this one was especially important because several council members were term-limited or decided not to run again. As a result, we’re getting four new faces on a seven-member council on Tuesday. Mayor-elect Jeni Arndt is our first new mayor in six years; District 3-elect Tricia Canonico is taking Ken Summers’ old seat, District 4-elect Shirley Peel will take the seat currently held by interim appointee Melanie Potyondy and District 5-elect (and former council member) Kelly Ohlson will take Mayor pro-tem Ross Cunniff’s seat.
Twenty-one new COVID-19 outbreaks brought Larimer County to its highest number of active outbreaks since January, though outbreaks continue to trend smaller in size.
Outbreaks newly reported this week included two daycare centers, an elementary school, two middle schools, and two long-term care facilities. There are now 86 active outbreaks in Larimer County, according to county and state data reported on Wednesday.
The biggest outbreak newly reported this week was at Webber Middle School, 4201 Seneca St. in Fort Collins, with nine cases among students and one case among staff and an onset date of April 12. Bill Reed Middle School, 370 W. Fourth St. in Loveland, appeared on the list this week with seven cases among students, two cases among staff and an onset date of April 6.