Ellis County will get an estimated windfall of $5.5 million from federal CARES Act COVID-19 relief money. Interim county administrator Darin Myers broke the news to the Ellis County Commissioners at their regular meeting Monday evening. “I’m going to save the best news for last,” Myers said, taking his turn to give his weekly report as the nearly three-hour meeting neared its close. “I still find it kind of hard to believe, but they’re looking at a per-person amount,” Myers said. “I really hate to say the amount because, like I say, it’s just too hard to believe, $194 a person, which would mean roughly Ellis County would get about a $5.5 million payment.”
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