NICKERSON, Kan. — The Nickerson City Council tabled any action on how to distribute FEMA funds that were handed out as part of the recovery from the 2019 flood. According to City Clerk April Beshears, the council wanted more time to study where the funds should go.
One portion of those funds will go back into the sewer fund totaling just under $22,000. The city suffered a lift station failure during the flood and that money will reimburse the city for those repair costs.
The other reimbursement totals just under $63,000. Beshears says the money was to help pay for costs of repairs which centered mostly around the city streets and the cost of equipment to make those repairs. Since the city has already paid for those repairs the money has been put in the general fund to be used as the council sees fit. Those decisions could come at their October meeting.
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