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The Lake County Council has agreed to chip in some of its COVID money for a Crown Point area sewer project. Council members passed a resolution Tuesday committing $5 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan.
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The Gary City Council has agreed to spend up to a quarter million dollars to upgrade its audiovisual technology. City officials had initially proposed allocating $100,000 in American Rescue Plan money for that purpose, but council members unanimously agreed Tuesday to raise that to $250,000.
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Porter County is moving ahead with the process of allocating $33 million in federal COVID-19 money. The county council Tuesday agreed to appropriate $4 million of the American Rescue Plan funds, including almost $1 million for employee stipends, $2.5 million toward the Marquette Greenway Trail, $500,000 for township trustees and $25,000 for a behavioral health study.
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A Valparaiso City Council member wants to follow Porter County's lead and establish committees to allocate the city's COVID-19 money. Robert Cotton told the rest of the city council Monday that leaving Mayor Matt Murphy in charge of dividing up the American Rescue Plan funds seemed like a "narrow funnel."
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The Porter County Commissioners plan to redo the process of allocating federal COVID-19 money with more public involvement. An advisory opinion from the Indiana Public Access Counselor found that the commissioners, in part, likely violated the Open Door Law when they put together the initial plan for American Rescue Plan funds.
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Gary's guaranteed income program will be able to continue. The city council Tuesday voted seven-to-one to appropriate $400,000 in COVID-19 relief funding for the nonprofit group that runs the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort (G.I.V.E.).
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Porter County is looking to form some committees to help allocate more than $33 million in American Rescue Plan money. The county commissioners' plan for the first half of those funds has drawn criticism from some residents and non-profits, especially a request for $5.5 million to upgrade the Memorial Opera House.
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The City of Valparaiso will soon be asking the public for input on how to spend $7.6 million of federal COVID money. Mayor Matt Murphy told the city council Monday that he wants to use some of the American Rescue Plan funds to compensate city employees — like police, firefighters, and first responders — who provided essential services during the pandemic. The rest would be focused toward youth and seniors.
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Porter County residents are calling on leaders to reevaluate their plans for federal COVID money. The county government is getting more than $33 million from the American Rescue Plan. Some local advocates see it as a chance to address the structural challenges facing the community.
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Members of the religious coalition Faith in Indiana gathered at the Statehouse Tuesday to do two things: call on Gov. Eric Holcomb to use part of…