While Pitkin County was expecting to receive about $700,000 from the federal government in the latest round of reimbursements for COVID-19-related expenses, officials were recently notified they would get more than five times that amount.
“It was significantly more than we anticipated so that was a nice surprise,” Ann Driggers, the county’s finance director, said Tuesday. “I wasn’t going to complain.”
And while the nearly $3.9 million in CARES Act funding allocated to Pitkin County and local municipalities in the past few days by state public health officials must be spent by Dec. 30, Driggers didn’t think that would be a problem.
Pitkin County visitor affidavit now extends to anyone staying overnight, regardless of residency aspendailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspendailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.