Raytown sets up
Cares Act Fund
for Small Business
and Individuals
BY GREG WALTERS
The
City of Raytown has allocated $200,000 for individuals and small businesses in Raytown
who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19. Money for these funds come from
the Federal Government and is distributed to local municipalities by Jackson County, Missouri.
The official name of the program is CARES Act Small Business Grant and Individual Assistance Funds. The program in Raytown has been set up by the Raytown Board of Aldermen to distribute funds to the public and small businesses.
SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
Small business owners may receive reimbursements up to $5,000 and $10,000.
- The reimbursement can be used for utility expenses.
- The reimbursement can be used for personal protective equipment.
- The reimbursement can be used for expenses incurred when employees work from home.
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
Individuals may apply for grants for past due rent, mortgage and utility payments from the CARES Act Individual Assistance.The reimbursement can be used to pay:
- Past due rent
- Mortgage payments Past due rent
- Utility payments
Use the following link to submit an application online
FOR ASSISTANCE IN MAKING APPLICATION CALL 816-737-6121
7 comments:
Is the Cares Act a grant or a loan? I thought it was a grant but now I am hearing on the radio here in NM that it is a loan that must be repaid.
Andy Whiteman
Why is money given to the city for COVID being offered to small business and individuals?
Has anyone looked in the the legal aspects or as usually it sounds good or someones good old boy needs some extra money so why not help them out.
What safe guards have been put in place to make sure the small business is not double dipping and getting money already from a loan being paid back by the Small Business Administration?
What safe guards have been put in place to make sure the individual is not double dipping and got an extra $600 for weeks on unemployment on top of their normal unemployment?
Keep in mind anyway you slice this the money is all of our tax dollars. The reality is we all have been impacted by COVID, loss of income and higher prices at the grocery stores. Why not give every tax payer a one time reduction on the city portion of their property taxes.
Just bumping this to the top:
In early Sept this blog reported: "Missouri State Statutes require the Board to review the State Audit before it is released to the public. Sources at City Hall place the release date to the public to be September 29th or 30th."
Today is Oct 5th and still no update.
How bad can the findings be??
Anonymous Tony J said...
I'm confused, the City says there's never any money but also somehow we managed to put 1.7 million in the general fund reserves in the last 2 years. Now we see they are saying they found 600,000 dollars sitting around. This is in addition to the 1.5 million dollars in no bid projects city staff has handed out in the past 12 months. including several times they've attempted to negotiate contracts with vendors and on projects that went against the board desires.
For 3 years I've pointed out the massive issues the city has with spending. I have to say the PD budget is still lacking. The new Chief was able to add a lot of new items without raising the budget at all. His second proposed budget included an entire new unit formed that would get equipment and training needed for "Impact Officers" this would increase his budget only 3 % but seems they would have an impact far more than the 3% of their cost. Last year I stated 6 new officers for a similar cause. I know the Chief wants to prove he can be trusted with a little before asking for more, and i think that is a good general policy. However he continues to prove himself. If he can backfill the 5 or 6 spots instead of 3, i think we should use the money the city was going to match COVID funding to shrink city hall public spaces that the board rejected to instead fund some of these spots. Note that just because there is funding for the position does not mean people will apply or make it through the hiring process.
All in all, the city has shown it has a very large amount of money to draw from when they want to give out no bid projects, but not when it concerns safety of it's citizens.
Hello Neighbors,
10:38 seems to have his "finger on the pulse" of Raytown city issues, especially the P.D.
I don't know what "impact officers" are or what they do. I suspect it isn't anything to do with the out-of-control epidemic of drivers speeding, red light running, aggressive and hostile driving and other egregious driving behavior seen everyday, all day in Raytown.
I'm pretty sure if the general tax paying public was polled, they would opt for a restoration of a Raytown Police traffic division before anything else.
Maybe Impact Officers will help reign in some of the awful drivers passing through our city. I hope so.
Anyway... Go Chiefs!
Raytown Newbie is exactly right. If the RPD hired enough officers to have a traffic division again, the speeders and red light runners would either amend their behavior or go somewhere else. Either way, our streets would be safer. AND when they're not stopping speeders, they can be patrolling the parks. It would be a win-win.
Yea, I'm all for a Raytown Police Traffic Division !!! Heck I have caught myself driving fast because I know the police are not going to do anything, heck they pass me !!!
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