OSHKOSH, Wis–Winnebago County Executive Jon Doemel defends the way his department is handling American Rescue Plan Act funds. Last month, the Winnebago County Board approved a resolution claiming all $33-million as “lost revenue” during the pandemic. Doemel says that was allowed under the law.
Doemel wants to label the budget line where ARPA funds are being kept the “Spirit Fund” and to have the ARPA Fund Committee that was formed to guide initial spending renamed the “Spirit Committee”.
