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Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers submitted his proposed COVID-19 recovery spending plan to the Snohomish County Council.

The plan provides a strategic structure and proposed appropriations for the first of two approximately $80 million payments from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Snohomish County received its first ARPA payment of $79.8 million in May 2021. The second is expected in May of 2022. The proposal suggests using the first payment for critical shorter-term needs and the second for longer-term and capital projects.

This plan was developed after consultations with Snohom...