Danville wants to change some of the allocations in the COVID relief money plan. The Public Works committee Tuesday approved removing the 500 thousand dollar allocation for the Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation. Mayor Rickey Williams says the city still strongly supports SIHF
The plan is to develop a new clinic in the site of the former St. Elizabeth Hospital, but the agency is just not ready to start it at this point.
To use the ARPA money, all projects must be obligated by the end of this year and spent by the end of 2026.
The money now will be split with 275 thousand dollars going to the Palmer Arena for a new HVAC system. City officials say the bids for that system have been over a million dollars.
170 thousand dollars would be allocated to Garfield Park Improvements. And more than 50 thousand dollars will go toward the purchase of a pumper truck for the fire department.
