Kane County officials have now created a framework for spending the remaining federal COVID-19 relief funds they ve received. If all of the individual pieces are approved, county residents could see better water quality, flood relief, new business growth and booming tourism.
Having put $4 million of American Rescue Plan funds into the hands of community social service agencies, Kane County officials will focus on what government needs it can spend the remaining $71 million on.
Just a month after putting a plan in place to keep the mass COVID-19 vaccination center in Batavia open through May, county board members said Wednesday it s likely time to close the site. COVID-19 case numbers are falling in the county. Fewer than 100 people per day are now using the mass vaccination site.