Recipients of American Recovery Funds may use Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds towards the following categories:

 

  1. Support public health expenditures, by funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral healthcare, and certain public health and safety staff
  1. Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the public sector.
  1. Replace lost public-sector revenue, using this funding to provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue experienced due to the pandemic.
  1. Provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have borne and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service in critical infrastructure sectors.
  1. Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, making necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, support vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and to expand access to broadband internet.

 

Within the categories of eligible uses listed above, recipients have flexibility and discretion to decide how best to use this funding to meet the needs of their communities.

 

To that end, the City of Southfield has received $9.8 million from the Federal government and is seeking public input regarding potential projects that may be considered for allocation of available monies. 

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1. SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES: Considering the intent of the Recovery Funds and categories as explained above, how important or relevant do you feel the following projects are to you, your family, your business, the functionality of the City, or to the benefit of the community as a whole as it pertains to the SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES?

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2. ADDRESSSING NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC: Considering the intent of the Recovery Funds and categories as explained above, how important or relevant do you feel the following projects are to you, your family, your business, the functionality of the City, or to the benefit of the community as a whole as it pertains to ADDRESSSING NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC?

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3. REPLACEMENT OF LOST PUBLIC-SECTOR REVENUE: Considering the intent of the Recovery Funds and categories as explained above, how important or relevant do you feel the following projects are to you, your family, your business, the functionality of the City, or to the benefit of the community as a whole as it pertains to the REPLACEMENT OF LOST PUBLIC-SECTOR REVENUE?

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4. PROVIDING PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS: Considering the intent of the Recovery Funds and categories as explained above, how important or relevant do you feel the following projects are to you, your family, your business, the functionality of the City, or to the benefit of the community as a whole as it pertains to PROVIDING PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS?

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5. INVESTMENT IN WATER, SEWER, AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE:
Considering the intent of the Recovery Funds and categories as explained above, how important or relevant do you feel the following projects are to you, your family, your business, the functionality of the City, or to the benefit of the community as a whole as it pertains to INVESTMENT IN WATER, SEWER, AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE?

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