Bourbon Fire, Village of Leasburg Receive American Rescue Plan Act Awards

Crawford County commissioners on Jan. 25 made two more awards from their American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Commissioners awarded $108,000 to the Bourbon Fire Protection District and $347,000 to the village of Leasburg.

District 2 Commissioner Jared Boast abstained from voting on both awards.

The fire protection district will purchase 20 new Scott self-contained breathing apparatus, which will allow for the replacement of aged equipment.

Each firefighter also will have their own.

The fire district matched approximately 10% of the funds.

Leasburg will use its funds to complete a rehabilitation of his water storage tank.

The money will pay for sandblasting all of the exterior surfaces and painting.

The village contributed approximately 15% in matching funds.

Taken all together, the county has doled out nearly $1 million from its $4.6 million allotment.