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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020
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ment to county and city Paul Pape said.
ing, the Bastrop County does not require a local and payroll expenses for lowed, as he wasn’t sure
ment deputy director enced interruptions due this county,” she said. “I
Christine Files pointed to required closures, as just want to make sure
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out that at least 75 per- allowed for in the grant,
cent of funds from the Pape said that would be a
leaders, Texas received
$11.24 billion dollars
from the CARES Act, of
which $5.06 will go to
local governments. The
six cities and 12 coun-
ties in the state with
populations greater than
500,000 are allocated
a total of $3.2 billion,
making the remaining
$1.85 billion available to
the rest of the cities and
counties in the state.
The court and county
officials discussed the
difference between fund-
ing from the CARES Act
and the Federal Emer-
gency Management
Agency (FEMA) COVID-
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puts in the negative fi- chasing agent Leon Scaife,
nancially." county auditor Lisa Smith
The court decided to and Adena Lewis, director
put the following peo- of tourism and economic
pie on the committee: development.
match, while a grant employees responding to
from FEMA would re- the emergency.
quire a 25 percent local “(Bastrop County
match from the county. health authority) Dr.
“It makes sense for us (Desmar) Walkes would
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Hodges, Julianne. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2020, newspaper, May 27, 2020; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555574/m1/13/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.