Washington Gets Good Financial News

Washington City Council wound up a rather mundane meeting on Thursday with great financial news from Councilman Joe Manning. In his committee report, Manning announced that the city received $158,000 in Act 13 monies. Those monies are awarded through the Pennsylvania program that distributes gas and oil money from drilling that goes on in the commonwealth. Manning also announced that the city is in line to get $1.2 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. Manning stated these federal funds are closely monitored and closely restricted for use. The city cannot just spend the funds on anything they please. Mayor Scott Putnam reported that progress is being made in the pursuit of body cameras for city police and dash cameras for the cars. Putnam hopes to have more information mid month about cost and grant funding for the cameras. The Mayor also reminded residents of fireworks at dusk on July 2 from Washington Park. The Citywide Summer Clean Up will be July 3 from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. The Whiskey Rebellion will come back in a limited fashion this year on July 10 from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm.