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The clock is ticking on about $3.5 million in planned improvements to the Mansfield Municipal Building. According to Richland Source, the work will be funded through American Rescue Plan Act funds, a request from former Mayor Tim Theaker that City Council approved more than two years ago. Money funded by ARPA must be appropriated by the end of 2024 and all funds spent by the end of 2026. The city received $10.4 million in federal ARPA funding in 2021 and another $10.4 million in 2022. Most of it has been allocated and spent. City Council on Tuesday approved legislation authorizing now-Mayor Jodie Perry’s administration to seek new bids, including alternate bids for projects that can be removed from the project list.