Like almost all other local government agencies, the city of Mt. Carmel benefitted greatly financially from the American Rescue Plan. Mayor Joe Judge said Mt. Carmel has received $462,583 in ARPA money so far with $345,000 already spent. Judge explains where a big chunk of that money went….
Judge said the premium pay amounts to $1.20 an hour over the last year in backpay. As for the rest of the money, $60,000 went to the fire department, $58,000 to the police department, $32,000 to the water and sewer departments, and $34,000 was used to pay off Merchants Park. Judge anticipates the city receiving a second payment of $462,583 within the next month of so. A chunk of that money will go to the water department to help pay for water meter upgrades around the city.