Carbon County has spent a little more than $1.2 million of its $12.46 million allocation from American Rescue Plan funding, officials report.

Last week, Commissioner Chris Lukasevich provided an update on how the money is being spent to benefit the county.

Of the $12,466,602, a total of $1,283,479.94 was spent as of June 30 on the 76/44 Susquehanna St. building renovations, document imaging project, broadband feasibility study and human resources payroll costs.

In total, Lukasevich said that with the $12.46 million, and remaining capital projects funds, the county had a total of $13,177.582.71 for projects.

To break down the figure, of that amount, $3 million has been earmarked for the 525 Iron St., Lehighton building project, which will be reimbursed by Children and Youth over time; $1 million is slated for the Emergency Operations Training Center building project; $150,000 each for the Carbon County Animal Shelter for an HVAC project and the veterans affairs office for a mobile veterans office; $7 million for the upcoming courthouse renovation project; $1.2 million for the administration building renovations and roof project; $850,000 on a court system; and $250,000 for other COVID related expenses.

In addition to the county projects, Lukasevich said that $200,000 has been earmarked for grants for businesses that did not receive funding through the CARES Act grants.

“As you recall, two years ago we did the CARES COVID county block grant. We had certain entities, just over a dozen of them, that didn’t qualify due to technicalities with the guidelines that we had to comply with and they were justified and need based on COVID impact,” Lukasevich said. “We are relooking at those particular entities to see if they have not otherwise received CARES funding (elsewhere) and providing that funding based on the initial justifications.

“It’s going back into the community,” he added.