Council allocates $2.3M COVID-19 relief money round 2

Safety forces, businesses and nonprofit organizations around Lorain will receive money through the city’s latest round of federal funding to temper the financial effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Lorain will spend $2.3 million through the second round of money coming from the federal CARES Act. That is the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.

The city made two previous allocations for the expenses that the city government, local companies and charitable groups had due to COVID-19.

“This is the third and final round,” said Mayor Jack Bradley, speaking before the council meeting.

“We just tried to make up for any losses that were occasioned by the pandemic,” he said. “A lot of the churches had to do PPE, sanitation and precaution for social distancing, so we tried to give them money for that,” the mayor said, referring to personal protective equipment such as face coverings and gloves.

Council had relatively little discussion on the issue. Councilman-at-Large Mitch Fallis said it is good for the city to support organizations doing great work in Lorain on a shoestring budget.

Lorain police and firefighters will be the biggest beneficiaries, with the city allocating more than $1.39 million for salaries and another $521,325 for hazard pay.

The other recipients are: • City auditor - $14,600

• City Departments of Engineering and Building, Housing and Planning - $50,000

• Lorain Rock Town Music Academy - $2,000

• LifeCare Ambulance

Inc. - $30,000

• Dodie’s Dockside restaurant - $30,000

• Game On Lorain - $10,000

• Lorain Professional Firefighters - $19,000

• Valor Home - $25,000

• Veterans Who Care - $12,000

• Italian American Veterans - $10,000

• Marta’s N More Bakery Store - $5,000

• Fresco Bistro - $5,000

• Jevon Terance fashion line - $5,000

• Lorain Local Magazine - $5,000

• Lorain International Festival - $10,000

• Lorain Explosion - $10,000

• Lorain Trap-Neuter-Return - $5,000

• Lorain Historical Society - $25,000

• Mercy Health - $10,000

• Steel City Youth Football - $10,000

• FireFish Festival - $25,000

• Kids Corners - $2,500

• First Lutheran Church - $5,000

• St. Anthony of Padua Parish - $5,000

• Pathways Enrichment Centers - $20,000

• Love Koinonia Church - $5,000

• Church on the North Coast - $27,400

• God’s Kingdom Church - $7,500

• Body of Christ Church - $5,000

Round 2

The latest funding follows an Oct. 5 council vote to approve more than $1.63 million for CARES Act funding. Recipients from that distribution are:

• Police, fire and dispatch salaries - $1.22 million

• Lorain Panthers Youth Baseball - $10,000

• Jason Shaffer Photography - $10,000

• Lorain Warriors Youth Football - $12,500

• Harrison Cultural Community Center - $25,000

• 929 Broadway - $15,000

• Lorain Lighthouse Foundation - $15,000

• Gateway Pharms - $3,000

• Church of the Redeemer - $15,000

• Lorain Law Department - $100,000

• Touchless temperature scanners for building entry - $10,00

• International City Baseball - $15,000

• Lorain Fire Department - $100,000

• Lofton Henderson Marine Detachment $10,000

• CARES Act planning intern for grant management - $10,000

• Lorain Fraternal Order of Police - $19,000

• Falls River Concerts doing business as Rockin’ on the River - $25,000

• St. Lad’s Club - $15,000

RICHARD PAYERCHIN — THE MORNING JOURNAL Lorain City Council holds a regular meeting on Oct. 19. The meeting included a vote to affirm a plan to distribute more than $2.3million from the federal funding that came for local relief for the economic effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.