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Richardson County receives Coronavirus Relief Funds

By John Nixon

02/01/2021

Richardson County Courthouse

(KLZA)-- Richardson County Clerk Mary Eickhoff informed Richardson County Commissioners last week that the County has received a total of $341,652 from the State of Nebraska Local Government Coronavirus Relief Program.

The program makes payments to local governmental entities to include counties, cities, municipalities, villages and public utility districts for eligible costs related to COVID-19 on a reimbursement basis.

The first funding package was awarded in an amount of $140,544 which was reimbursement for costs incurred for the period of March 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020 for police protection provided through the sheriff's Department.

The second amount was $201,108 which included reimbursement for costs incurred for the priod of Marh 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020 for public safety officials which include correctional or detention facility personnel and or supervisors, communications or dispatcher personnel and / or supervisory and emergency management personnel.

Eickhoff complimented her staff for conducting the 2020 General Election during a global pandemic with a record number of registered voters voting and also managing to complete the extensive dicouments required before the deadline of November 13, 2020 to request funing in two different packages.

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