The Ontario Government is providing $850,492 in new provincial funding to help the 19 municipal governments in Hastings-Lennox and Addington address ongoing COVID-19-related operating costs. The new financial relief will help ensure the delivery of critical services during the pandemic and keep capital projects on track.
“This has been a tough year for local governments as well as their citizens,” said Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp. “And this new financing from the province is going to really help local municipalities deal with some of their additional costs.”
Thursday’s announcement was part of the province’s $500 million investment to help ensure the stability of Ontario’s 444 municipalities as they plan for the year ahead. The funding is being prioritized to help municipalities hardest hit by the pandemic and can be used for personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and by-law enforcement, and similar uses.
The Ontario Government will provide its next update on provincial finances and the government’s plan to continue the fight against COVID-19 in the 2021 Budget, to be delivered no later than March 31, 2021.
The H-L&A allocations are as follows:
Addington Highlands, Township of $ 47,975
Bancroft, Town of $ 10,548
Belleville, City of $ 201,754
Carlow/Mayo, Township of $ 9,000
Centre Hastings, Municipality of $ 12,096
Deseronto, Town of $ 9,000
Faraday, Municipality of $ 9,000
Greater Napanee, Town of $ 134,349
Hastings, County of $ 83,527
Hastings Highlands, Municipality of $ 19,955
Lennox and Addington, County of $ 251,664
Loyalist Township $ 128,116
Madoc, Township of $ 9,000
Marmora and Lake, Municipality of $ 13,935
Stone Mills, Township of $ 67,056
Tudor and Cashel, Township of $ 9,000
Tweed, Municipality of $ 16,517
Tyendinaga, Township of $ 9,000
Wollaston, Township of $ 9,000