Missoula MT: Emergency Proclamation Finally Dropped After 2.5 Years

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Missoula has finally dropped its “emergency proclamation” concerning the Covid fiasco and its about time as they are far behind the rest of the state of Montana. (read below)

MISSOULA – More than two years after issuing an emergency proclamation due to coronavirus, Missoula County officially retracted it on Tuesday, citing similar federal and state declarations.

The proclamation, which was initially made in March 2020, enabled the county to track certain expenses related to the pandemic and submit reimbursement claims to the federal government.

“Because the federal declaration is waning and the state declaration has already waned, it’s time for us to end ours,” said county CAO Chris Lounsbury. “The reason we called a separate local state of emergency was to directly access funds for the non-congregant shelter we were able to provide at the Sleepy Inn, so we could directly access federal resources without the state having to be in the approval chain.”

The Missoula City Council in April 2020 approved the purchase of the Sleepy Inn using roughly $1.1 million in tax increment financing provided by the Missoula Redevelopment Agency. The facility went on to serve as a quarantine, or non-congregant shelter, for the city’s vulnerable residents who had few other options when needing to isolate.

At the time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had authorized such shelters and was reimbursing 75% of the operating costs while the state covered the remaining 25%.

You can read the rest of the story here. By: Martin Kidston – Missoula Current KPAX

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