Times Leader Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles that examines how much money local governments will receive as a result of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, as well as how the funds may be distributed and invested.
CADIZ Harrison County is projected to receive $2,916,915 in American Rescue Plan funding over the next two years.
Harrison County Auditor Allison Anderson said that amount is just for use at the county level and does not include what the villages and townships may receive.
“The projections for others (villages and townships), to my understanding, are still being determined. The original bill that was signed into order by the President did not include townships as a form of local government, which the State of Ohio Township Association as well as the Auditor’s Association of Ohio have been fighting and submitting testimony for this to change. We would like to see villages and townships receive aid,” she said.
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1-2. David Phillips, CEO of WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital, introduces himself to Harrison County commissioners during Wednesday’s meeting.
CADIZ The Harrison County Board of Commissioners recognized May as Mental Health Awareness Month on Wednesday.
At the request of the Mental Health and Recovery Board, which serves Belmont, Harrison and Monroe counties, Commissioners Don Bethel, Paul Coffland and Don Bethel signed a Mental Health Awareness Month proclamation. No representative of the recovery board was present at the meeting. Coffland read the proclamation, which states the importance of mental health to a person’s overall health and well-being.
CADIZ Harrison County residents who have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine and are interested in doing so can attend an open clinic Friday. Garen Rhome,