Wilmington To Get $7 Million In Federal Relief Funds

WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington will get over $7 million in American Rescue Plan funds, according to a memo to the Board of Selectmen from Finance Director Brian Perry.

The $1.9 trillion federal relief bill, passed in March, devotes $350 billion to state and local aid, including a $130 billion Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. That fund will send over $3 billion to Massachusetts.

Around $1.7 billion will go to the state's 37 largest cities and towns, but $385 million will be split between the other 314 communities, by population.

Wilmington will get $2.45 million in direct funding, higher than an earlier $2.31 million estimate from the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

But it will also get a proportional portion of county funding, as Middlesex County was abolished in 1997. That means an additional $4.55 million, Perry wrote.

"Combined, these estimated figures result in $7,007,871 in relief," Perry wrote.

Perry's memo is available here, as part of the correspondence for Monday's board meeting.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.