March 14, 2021
Berrien County Administrator Brian Dissette is working to stay on top of developments with the new $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill. He told county commissioners Thursday he’s been meeting with the local Strategic Leadership Council to understand what will come to the county and when.
“CARES Act phase one was great, but it was an absolute scramble, so much so that you all were meeting just prior to New Year’s Eve to get the last approvals in front of the public to allow us to take advantage of the first wave of CARES Act money,” Dissette said. “We don’t want to do that again. With the Recovery Act, we’re going to have more time. I believe we’ll have until 2024 to use the dollars.”
Tens of millions of dollars in stimulus money expected to pour into Washtenaw County
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money are expected to pour into local government coffers in Washtenaw County under the American Rescue Plan.
The $1.9 trillion aid package signed by President Joe Biden last week includes $350 billion for state and local governments, and $10.3 billion of that could be coming to Michigan, according to preliminary estimates shared by officials.
That could translate into nearly $2 billion in direct federal aid to Michigan’s 83 county governments, including nearly $72 million for Washtenaw County, said County Treasurer Catherine McClary, citing preliminary estimates shared by the Michigan Association of Counties.
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Alpena County Treasurer’s office employee Cindy Cebula pulls a tax-record book from a shelf while at work Friday. The treasurer’s office will have more money to keep track of, as the county was awarded about $5.5 million from the recently passed stimulus package.
ALPENA–Counties, townships, and cities are in line to get a financial boost, the likes of which they have never seen before.
In the coming weeks, local governments will begin to receive portions of the $65 billion allocated to local governments in Michigan from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that passed through Congress last week and was signed by President Joe Biden Thursday.
March 11, 2021
Berrien County Administrator Brian Dissette is working to stay on top of developments with the new $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill. He told county commissioners Thursday he’s been meeting with the local Strategic Leadership Council to understand what will come to the county and when.
“CARES Act phase one was great, but it was an absolute scramble, so much so that you all were meeting just prior to New Year’s Eve to get the last approvals in front of the public to allow us to take advantage of the first wave of CARES Act money,” Dissette said. “We don’t want to do that again. With the Recovery Act, we’re going to have more time. I believe we’ll have until 2024 to use the dollars.”
Sanilac County meeting centers on money
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
March 12, 2021
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A variety of financial matters dominated the last Sanilac County Commissioners meeting.
Michigan Association of Counties Executive Director Steve Currie explained to county commissioners the services the agency provides to counties, and reported American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 Aid funds were on the way to the county.
He said it is expected that the county would receive $8.1 million in funds to help cover COVID-19 related expenses to replace revenue that was lost due to the pandemic.
In other money matters, commissioners recognized the need for a 2021 Ford Police Interceptor with related K-9 transportation equipment for the K-9 unit, and applied for funding for it from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facilities Grant Program.