DeWitt County non-profits and small businesses have submitted applications to the DeWitt County Board for grant funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, for funding for special projects.

Over 20 requests have been submitted to the DeWitt County Board and Board Chair Terry Ferguson indicates the County Board will begin a series of meetings on April 4 to review those applications.

At last week's County Board meeting, the Board approved upgrades for equipment for DeWitt County dispatchers. Ferguson explains the ARPA funds are pretty flexible in 

Another of the allowable uses of the ARPA funding is premium pay for workers like first responders, dispatchers, and corrections. Ferguson indicates they approved a $1500 premium pay last week for those individuals.

Last Thursday, the County Board also approved payment to Warner Hospital and Health Services for $6375. Ferguson notes this is to reimburse the hospital for its COVID testing in the jail during a COVID outbreak earlier this year.