Saline County Northern Commissioner Stephanie Gooden announced that Saline County volition beryllium receiving Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) payments from the U.S. Department of Treasury during the Saline County Commission gathering connected Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the LATCF provides $1.5 cardinal successful payments to counties. The funds are divided into 2 payments of $50,000 each for Saline County. The payments volition beryllium received successful 2022 and 2023.
The LATCF programme is intended to beryllium a wide gross enhancement program. Counties person wide discretion arsenic to the usage of the funds and whitethorn usage the funds for immoderate governmental intent different than lobbying activity. The funds tin beryllium treated arsenic wide revenue, but indispensable beryllium tracked pursuant to reporting and compliance requirements.