Williamson County Receives $93M In Coronavirus Relief Funds

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX – Williamson County has received $93 million in financial support from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to help local governments who have been impacted by the new coronavirus pandemic.

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell announced the county received the funds during the Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday. The amount of money allocated to the county was based on population data from the 2010 Census.

"The federal government has decided that the local governments are the most knowledgeable and best prepared to decide how to disperse this money," he said. "This is a large amount of money; however, I would much rather that local officials make the decision on how to use this money than to leave that decision to Washington."

The funds, which have been provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Aid, also known as the CARES Act, can only be used to cover costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency, were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, and were incurred during the period that begins on March 1 and ends on Dec. 30, 2020.

Gravell said these funds can be used, for example, to reimburse organizations that are distributing meals to those in need around the county, such as Meals on Wheels.

The Commissioners Court has appointed a strike team for distribution of the funds for businesses, which will be led by County Treasurer Scott Heselmeyer, Precinct 3 Commissioner Valerie Covey and Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles.

A special meeting will be held on Friday, May 1 to discuss business funding.

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