Montgomery County: "only $600,000 out of $20 million has been given out to renters facing eviction and about half of the $10 million for food security has been distributed"

 

‘THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM’: COUNCIL BLASTS ELRICH FOR UNDISTRIBUTED FEDERAL COVID-19 FUNDS

An emotional Montgomery County Council blasted the county staff, and specifically County Executive Marc Elrich, after receiving information that much of the federal money allocated to help residents and businesses during the global pandemic have yet to be distributed.

“The buck stops with him,” Council Vice President Tom Hucker said during a Oct. 13 council meeting. “This lies firmly in the County Executive’s lap,” said Councilman Craig Rice.

Montgomery County received $183,336,953 from the federal government through the CARES ACT. That money must be spent by the end of this December. But when County Chief Administrative Officer Richard Madaleno began explaining how little of the funds has been allocated to date, councilmembers became irate...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/the-buck-stops-with-him-council-blasts-elrich-for-undistributed-federal-covid-19-funds/