MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Health Emergency Lifeline Program (H.E.L.P.) started with Articles of Incorporation May 9, 1984, as an all-volunteer organization in Nodaway County to provide residents with a resource
Grundy County Commission and COVID-19 Relief Fund Task Force completes distribution of $1.5 million in COVID-19 funding
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The Grundy County Commission and COVID-19 Relief Fund Task Force have distributed the $1.15 million in CARES Act funding the county received in early May.
Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray reports the funds were distributed to entities impacted by COVID-19 based on a formula that utilized assessed valuation and accounted for the portion of each taxable entity within the total valuation. Entities that did not enroll in the Grundy County COVID-19 Relief Fund program had their funding placed in an “as needed” fund and would be used for those that could justify a need for more than their initial allocation.
Grundy County Commission approves COVID-19 funding allocations; receives 2021 budget proposals
th and received several fiscal year 2021 budget proposals.
COVID-19 Relief Fund approved expenses included for the Jewett Norris Library of $6,122.44, Grundy County $19,052.42, the Senior Tax Board $432.37, the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled $9,181.97, the Sunnyview Nursing Home of $103,605.56, and the City of Trenton of $1,363.02. Approved expenses for school districts included Spickard R-2 for $9,444.80, Grundy County R-5 $4,950, the Pleasant View R-6 $10,288.06, Laredo R-7 $26,156.69, and Trenton R-9 $32,450.11. Expenses were categorized as personal protective equipment, public health expenses, legal guidance fees, remote learning, testing supplies, audit expenses incurred by the COVID-19 Relief Fund program, substitute teacher pay, and UV-C lights for HVAC systems in public buildings.