Council mulls offering COVID-related aid to businesses
by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Town staff are developing a proposal for using a portion of the town’s CARES Act funds to help local businesses who’ve been hurt by the pandemic, and hope to present a program for the Town Council’s approval on Sept. 8.
Residents can provide input on how the town should use the money — federal funds to compensate for expenses related to COVID-19 — by sending their comments to Ben Bitter ([email protected]), Roger Biede ([email protected]) or a Town Council member in advance of a council work session on Aug. 31.
The town is receiving $3.1 million. To receive the funds, Florence submitted payroll costs and projects from March 1 through the end of this calendar year. Bitter said the town’s public safety expenses during this time justified this reimbursement to the General Fund.
