That's the city's allocation from the federal program ARPA, or the American Recovery Plan Act.
Bob Vitas is the Moline City Administrator.
"And then all the projects within the strategic plan, several of them were of course were funded with both the ARPA dollars that were unrestrictive as well as those that are restrictive."
The main types of the unrestrictive funds are infrastructure, quality of place, and economy. Each of which are dedicated to city improvement, reimbursement, and the long-term success of the city.
Vitas says the ARPA funds will help the city recoup losses.
"In the case of the public sector, when we talk about, what we're referring to dollars that were allocated to cover overtime related costs, due to absences, due to illness. And we were able to repay the city for its costs associated with the impacts of COVID."
For this year, Moline plans to spend roughly ten million dollars from its ARPA money, to help small businesses and non-profits like Mercado on Fifth, for water and sewer projects, and broadband.
