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has dealt with as well, but not within the constitutional and statutory frameworks that create friction to such actions. I could not be prouder of you all.
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Another fast-moving component that we are having to adjust to is the federal government’s distribution of $1.25 bil- lion in aid to the state of Arkansas through the CARES Act. Tis $1.25 billion is labeled the Coronavirus Relief Fund and is administered through a 15 member CARES Act Steering Committee appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. I’d like to thank the members of this committee for recent-
ly approving $150 million of this money to be utilized by cities and counties in equal proportion for expenses related to COVID-19. Chairwoman Secretary Elizabeth Smith, Sen. Missy Irvin and Rep. Lane Jean have worked closely with us to put together a plan to allocate and distribute these funds.
Te Department of Finance and Administration under the watchful eye of Secretary Larry Walther and Deputy Director Paul Louthian is working with us through the final stages of preparing applications and submittal processes. Te state has partnered with CTEH Consulting/Hagerty Group to help facilitate this. We expect the application to be available on- line in the next few days and we will be working through the County Judges to facilitate this work. Unfortunately, any of this money ($1.25 billion) not spent
by Dec. 30 reverts to the federal government, which puts our counties on a very tight deadline for these applications. Our first deadline for applications is Oct. 30 so I expect a lot of data to be gathered over the next several weeks. Please coordi- nate all efforts within your county with your County Judge. Te process is complicated in that some of the expenses will be submitted for FEMA reimbursement and others to the CARES Act, and we need one point of contact within each county to prevent duplicative requests. Stay safe and stay healthy my county friends.
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