Mercer County Commissioner Timothy McGonigle is among officials from around the country invited to meet with President Joseph Biden in the White House on Friday to discuss how American Rescue Plan funds are being used to make communities safer.

According to the White House, McGonigle will discuss Mercer County’s nearly $12 million investment to design, purchase, and install a county-wide radio system to connect E-911, police, fire, and ambulance services.

Biden will meet with mayors, police chiefs, and other community leaders at 2:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room to highlight $10 billion in American Rescue Plan funding already committed to public safety and violence prevention.

According to the White House, at least $6.5 billion in State and Local funds have been committed by more than half of the states and more than 300 communities across the country.

The meeting is an effort by the President to halt what the White House says are moves by Republicans in Congress to pull back ARP funding.