Cheney Free Press -

MEDICAL LAKE — Gov. Jay Inslee handed out more coronavirus relief funds (CRF) obtained by the CARES Act to state municipalities Aug. 31, and the city was the recipient of an additional $75,075 as a result, bringing its total allotment to $225,225.

City Administrator Doug Ross informed Mayor Shirley Maike and received consensus from council regarding his proposal for how to divide the funds at council’s Sept. 15 meeting. He stressed at the meeting that the money is not a check handed out to the city by the state, but is received through a reimbursement process once the city has spent the...