Published: 1/11/2022

GILES COUNTY EXECUTIVE MELISSA GREENE UPDATED LISTENERS ON SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AWARDED TO THE GILES COUNTY COMMUNITY AFTER LAST WEEK’S STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING ALLOWED FURTHER CLARITY ON HOW FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. AMONG OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING, GILES COUNTY HAS RECEIVED FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $5.71 MILLION. GILES COUNTY RECEIVED $3.7 MILLION FROM THE STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND, WITH PULASKI RECEIVING $1.75 MILLION, AND LYNNVILLE RECEIVING $590,000.  FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERNET IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.5 MILLION, WATER IMPROVEMENTS AT $3.7 MILLION, AND COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENTS (FOCUSING ON IMPROVING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS) AT $4.1 MILLION. EMS (AMBULANCE) WILL RECEIVE $1.5 MILLION, AND THE NEW OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUILDING WILL RECEIVE $550,000. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON THESE PROJECTS.