Passed this spring, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act provided Door County with roughly $460,000 to be used towards additional spending needed to address COVID-19. As of last week, those funds had been exhausted. Administrator Ken Pabich says the county is still incurring COVID-related expenses and is tapping its reserve account to meet those needs in the short term. He says that some area municipalities are in the opposite situation.

Pabich says Door County has been meticulous about tracking additional costs caused by COVID-19. Not all county and local governments have the same capabilities. The longer they go without allocating the money they have received, the greater the chance the State of Wisconsin will claw it back and redirect it elsewhere. Pabich expects that Door County would be rewarded with some additional money as part of the reapportionment process.