House Bill 377 Passes Ohio House
COLUMBUS –State Representative Don Jones (R-Freeport) supported House Bill 337 with a vote on the Ohio House floor, which appropriates additional funding to the Office of Budget and Management to disburse to local governments in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act.
Townships and municipalities were excluded from the most recent congressional estimates for recovery funding but were included in previous versions. This issue is not unique to Ohio; communities in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota are all facing this problem as well.
The American Rescue Plan is policy crafted by the federal government to help local communities throughout the United States recover from the pandemic.
“This legislation will ensure that all communities within Ohio have access to federal dollars necessary for recovery from the pandemic and economic struggles that came as a consequence,” said Jones.
In the 95th district, allocations are estimated below:
Belmont County
- City of St. Clairsville - $ 270,337.55
- Village of Barnesville - $ 210,233.33
- Village of Belmont - $ 22,821.73
- Village of Bethesda - $ 63,732.56
- Village of Flushing - $ 43,750.41
- Village of Holloway - $ 16,669.33
- Village of Morristown - $ 15,144.38
- Flushing Township - $ 39,543.64
- Goshen Township - $ 70,989.25
- Kirkwood Township - $ 19,982.16
- Richland Township - $ 493,611.87
- Somerset Township - $ 61,681.77
- Union Township - $ 99,805.62
- Warren Township - $ 89,709.38
- Wayne Township - $ 33,759.33
- York Township - $ 47,431.33
Washington County
- Beverly - $ 70,042.72
- Lowell - $ 27,922.44
- Lower Salem - $ 4,311.95
- Macksburg - $ 9,570.41
- Matamoras - $ 45,485.71
- Adams Townships - $ 54,477.67
- Aurelius Townships - $ 11,936.71
- Barlow Townships - $ 133,144.27
- Fearing Townships - $ 45,222.78
- Grandview Townships - $ 42,646.14
- Independence Townships - $ 17,826.19
- Lawrence Townships - $ 45,590.87
- Liberty Townships - $ 24,557.02
- Ludlow Townships - $ 16,879.67
- Marietta Townships - $ 235,211.03
- Muskingum Townships - $ 227,270.75
- Newport Townships - $ 100,909.89
- Salem Townships - $ 53,688.91
- Waterford Townships - $ 121,943.75
Carroll County
- Village of Carrollton - $ 159,121.08
- Village of Dellroy - $ 17,352.93
- Village of Leesville - $ 7,677.36
- Village of Malvern - $ 59,420.63
- Village of Sherrodsville - $ 14,723.70
- Augusta Township - $ 79,139.86
- Brown Township - $ 243,834.90
- Center township - $ 69,569.46
- East Township - $ 41,857.36
- Fox Township - $ 50,901.92
- Harrison Township - $ 122,048.92
- Lee Township - $ 52,794.96
- Loudon Township - $ 49,376.96
- Monroe Township - $ 81,821.68
- Orange Township - $ 45,222.78
- Perry Township - $ 48,430.45
- Rose Township - $ 61,786.94
- Union Township - $ 47,483.92
- Washington Township - $ 60,367.1
Harrison County
- Village of Bowerston - $ 19,876.99
- Village of Cadiz - $ 166,220.00
- Village of Deersville - $ 3,943.85
- Village of Freeport - $ 18,404.62
- Village of Harrisville - $ 11,726.38
- Village of Hopedale - $ 47,483.92
- Village of Jewett - $ 34,232.59
- Village of New Athens - $ 16,196.07
- Village of Scio - $ 37,650.59
- Archer Township - $ 15,827.98
- Athens Township - $ 8,834.22
- Cadiz Township - $ 16,827.08
- Franklin Township - $ 26,134.56
- Freeport Township - $ 18,667.55
- German Township - $ 39,859.14
- Green Township - $ 47,326.17
- Monroe Township - $ 39,806.56
- Moorefield Township - $ 20,139.91
- North Township - $ 47,852.01
- Nottingham Township - $ 16,248.65
- Rumley Township - $ 39,017.80
- Short Creek Township - $ 36,546.32
- Stock Township - $ 23,926.01
- Washington Township - $ 32,129.21
Noble County
- Village of Batesville - $ 5,205.88
- Village of Belle Valley - $ 11,463.45
- Village of Caldwell - $ 90,024.88
- Village of Dexter City - $ 6,415.33
- Village of Sarahsville - $ 8,886.81
- Village of Summerfield - $ 13,040.99
- Beaver Township - $ 34,653.27
- Brookfield Township - $ 5,205.88
- Buffalo Township - $ 42,646.14
- Center Township - $ 47,641.67
- Elk Township - $ 17,142.59
- Enoch Township - $ 22,348.47
- Jackson Township - $ 25,345.79
- Jefferson Township - $ 10,937.60
- Marion Township - $ 21,349.36
- Noble Township - $ 97,597.07
- Olive Township - $ 214,177.17
- Seneca Township - $ 24,819.94
- Sharon Township - $ 17,563.27
- Stock Township - $ 17,090.01
- Wayne Township - $ 24,925.11
The purpose of House Bill 377 is to match the stated intent of Congress, providing recovery dollars to all local governments.
The Legislation will now head to the Ohio Senate for further consideration.