Commissioners plan for relief money

COLFAX — Whitman County commissioners have a plan for the $9.7 million coming from the American Rescue Plan Act.

The commissioners are dividing the money into eight major areas; infrastructure including cabling and HVAC, town infrastructure grants for sewer and water, small business relief, county COVID personnel expenditures, county COVID non-personnel expenditures, mental health, non-profit relief, and therapeutic court.

“So we’ve passed our plan, as we know it right now,” said Art Swannack, county commissioners’ president.

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