MARSHALL — Lyon County commissioners approved a plan for dividing up federal stimulus funds on Tuesday, with a scale of funding based on the size of cities in the county.

The funding breakdown included a total of $1.9 million available for 11 cities, and a total of $260,000 available for ambulance services.

After approving the plan, commissioners also acted to approve infrastructure funding requests from the cities of Russell and Garvin.

Earlier this month, commissioners heard a number of requests for funding out of the American Rescue Plan Act dollars Lyon County received. The list included requests from the cities of Russell and Garvin, the Garvin Fire Department, Tracy Ambulance and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.

Commissioners didn’t take action on granting all of the requests. Instead, they said the county needed to have a more detailed plan for how it was going to use its ARPA funding.

On Tuesday, Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg presented a possible funding breakdown, based on area cities’ 2020 populations. The city of Florence, which had fewer than 100 people, could request up to $50,000. For cities with a population between 100 and 200, the total would go up to $125,000. For cities of 200 or more people, the total would go up to $200,000. The plan would also include $65,000 for each of four ambulance services in Lyon County. Commissioners had previously granted a $62,000 request from Cottonwood Ambulance and a $65,000 request from Tracy Ambulance.

The remainder of the county’s stimulus funding could also be put toward county capital improvement projects, like replacing the roof of the Law Enforcement Center, Stomberg said.

After voting to approve the plan for the county’s ARPA funds, commissioners also voted to approve $200,000 for the city of Russell, and up to $124,000 for the city of Garvin. Russell was seeking help in offsetting street construction costs for part of a major project to replace its deteriorating water, sewer and storm sewer lines. Garvin had asked for help with funding updates to its water meter system and in crack-sealing residential streets.