By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph City and Buchanan County officials are working to decide how best to spend American Rescue Plan Funds.Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Lee Sawyer says now that the federal government has enacted its final ruling on what funds can go towards local officials are getting closer to making their final rulings. "We're definitely closer than we've ever been to kind of get rolling," Sawyer tells Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "There's some exciting opportunities for the community, the region, Buchanan County obviously, I feel like there's some really good opportunities."Buchanan County has received approximately $17 million.Sawyer says the county will soon send out applications to people that applied for funds and review each one before coming to a final decision. St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter adds there are several uses the city has chosen that will benefit the community in numerous ways, especially
City and county officials trying to decide how to best to spend federal COVID money
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Buchanan County working through proposals for $17M in Am Rescue Plan funds
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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County doesn't have any regulations on the creation of solar farms.That might soon change.Presiding County Commissioner Lee Sawyer says some land owners have informed the commission they have been approached by companies considering erecting solar panels on 10-to-15 acres for commercial sales.Sawyer says solar will have to be part of the approach as the state shifts to using more alternative energy."The state of Missouri voted kind of overwhelmingly that they wanted to move toward more renewable energy," Sawyer tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "We always take that seriously and want to see if we can at least be thoughtful and pro-active in an approach."Missouri voters in 2008 approved the Missouri Clean Energy Act requiring utilities to generate at least 15% of their energy from renewable sources, including solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower.Sawyer says Buchanan County will work to create regulations for solar