Monroe County has now passed through nearly half a million dollars to local businesses and government entities from its total $4.7 million CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act allocation.
At their Wednesday meeting, county commissioners approved another $90,516 in reimbursements, bringing the grand total to $459,901.
The county’s program started with the county government acting as a clearinghouse of sorts, by passing through to the state the claims submitted by local businesses and governmental units—like the library and townships—for non-payroll expenses related to COVID-19.
The state eventually asked the county to submit the county’s own expenses for public safety, which were enough to get reimbursement to the county of the whole $4.7 million.
With the money now sitting in the county’s general fund, it’s now up to the county government to reimburse local businesses and governmental units. In the county’s record keeping, the initial reimbursements made through the state are labeled as “CARES.”
The reimbursements made from the county’s general fund, after the $4.7 million came from the state, are labeled “County Grants.”
Wednesday’s action brought the total number of businesses and government units that have received reimbursements, under either label, to 63. The grand total dollar amount for either label is $459,901.
CARES Act, Monroe County Grants Sorted Highest to Lowest
| Entity (business or governmental unit) | Amount |
| Monroe County Public Library | $ 72,987.45 |
| Upland Brewing Company | $ 20,000.00 |
| Switchyard Holdings, Inc. | $ 20,000.00 |
| Beacon, Inc (formerly Shalom ) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Janko’s Little Zagreb | $ 19,993.02 |
| Dimension Mill Inc | $ 19,956.79 |
| Function Brewing | $ 19,805.76 |
| YMCA | $ 19,784.15 |
| Convention Center Mgmt Co | $ 18,292.43 |
| One World Catering, LLC | $ 17,273.89 |
| HealthNet, Inc | $ 16,644.45 |
| Nick’s English Hut | $ 16,600.74 |
| C3 Bar | $ 14,371.61 |
| LifeDesigns | $ 9,998.73 |
| WonderLab | $ 9,676.34 |
| Michael’s Uptown Café | $ 9,626.98 |
| Curry Auto Center | $ 8,631.51 |
| The Farm Restaurant | $ 7,926.31 |
| Acacia Building Corporation | $ 7,725.00 |
| Campus Tutoring, LLC | $ 7,191.59 |
| The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce | $ 7,048.59 |
| Lennie’s | $ 6,670.96 |
| The Bluebird | $ 6,394.72 |
| Alibi LLC | $ 5,602.27 |
| Far | $ 5,150.00 |
| High and Fine | $ 5,016.00 |
| Cinema Pub Inc | $ 4,827.50 |
| Richland Township | $ 4,356.24 |
| The Convention and Visitor’s Bureau of Monroe County | $ 4,352.30 |
| Carmichael Center LP | $ 3,904.88 |
| The Cocuun | $ 3,880.90 |
| Loren Wood Builders | $ 3,724.43 |
| Disque | $ 3,617.42 |
| BUGS | $ 3,364.00 |
| Trendin Vendin | $ 3,250.00 |
| Cajun House | $ 3,155.51 |
| Bloomington Real Estate | $ 2,982.92 |
| Benton Township | $ 2,459.88 |
| BCT Management | $ 2,275.00 |
| Royale Hair Parlor | $ 2,248.18 |
| Monroe County Humane Association | $ 1,829.94 |
| VTG Enterprises | $ 1,669.40 |
| Litwin Enterprises | $ 1,661.79 |
| Landlocked Enterprises | $ 1,545.36 |
| Bunger & Robertson | $ 1,487.15 |
| Fine Craft Associates, Inc. | $ 1,288.56 |
| ProNails | $ 1,213.16 |
| Gather | $ 936.55 |
| Move and Bloom | $ 679.05 |
| Pizza X | $ 678.43 |
| Ally Barber | $ 674.71 |
| Deborah Zera | $ 660.24 |
| Oak Native | $ 650.00 |
| Bluebird Live Inc | $ 602.50 |
| MC Humane Society | $ 568.35 |
| Santo Family Insurance | $ 547.80 |
| Four Walls LLC | $ 520.00 |
| Cup & Kettle | $ 513.54 |
| Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping | $ 425.00 |
| Bloomington Salt Cave | $ 322.97 |
| Hoosier Films Inc. | $ 223.93 |
| Hive | $ 220.07 |
| Yoga Mala | $ 214.56 |
| Grand Total | $ 459,901.51 |