During the December 13, 2021 meeting the Town Council voted to accept and appropriate a grant award of $982,600 from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 with a final spend date of December 31, 2024.  The council previously approved the funding resolution on November 8, but requested that the compensation for Fire and EMA First Responders be adjusted to match the market rate and neighboring districts.  Below are the approved appropriations:

1. Kettle Cove Drainage Project $400,00
2. Surf Road Stormwater Management Project $475,000
3. IT Infrastructure for CETV
4. Fire/EMA First Responders Compensation Adjustment (beginning 12/19/2021) $97,434

The Federal Government awarded Cape Elizabeth roughly $1000 per each person who lives in town.  The expenditure of these funds derived from parameters set by the federal government and include: COVID-related impact response; Revenue loss restoration; Premium pay options for Fire/EMT infrastructure; and Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.  Pre-pandemic, the Kettle Cove drainage project had been included as a capital project list, but was removed as a result of the uncertain economic environment created by the pandemic.