Schuylkill County has spent $6,823,466.52 of the $27 million it received in American Rescue Plan Act money, not including funds allocated to offset lost revenue.

The county received the pandemic funding in 2021. Among the lost revenue offsets were $4.7 million to balance this year’s budget.

On Wednesday, Mark Morgan, of Susquehanna Accounting and Consulting Solutions, Harrisburg, who serves as the county’s pandemic funds consultant, gave a brief snapshot of how the county spent ARPA funds from April through June.

Commissioners spent $1,215,156 on the 911/Hegins radio tower project; $35,201 for cyber security measures at the county prison; and $67,019 on cyber security in the Management Information Systems department, he said.

County Administrator Gary R. Bender on Friday provided more detail.

“To date, the commissioners have approved the following projects through ARPA, as reported on the quarterly reports that I file,” he said.

The expenditures were $70,274 for prison security upgrades; $500,000 to replace the entire plumbing system at the Schuylkill Haven Highrise; $500,000 for Schuylkill County Municipal Authority water projects; $3,725,000 for the emergency communications tower project; $228,147 for renovations at 324 Centre St., where the county houses the Election Bureau, mental health, and senior services, and the offices of District Judge James K. Reiley; $755,981 for courthouse security upgrades; $45,725 for the Coroner’s office; $460,000 for hospitality business assistance to help small businesses hurt by the pandemic; $30,350 for air purification; $7,989 for video conferencing; and $500,000 for the county’s new assistance program for non-profit organizations.