VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – As a result of excessive snow fall this past winter and spring, all townships in Barnes County will be receiving reimbursement funds to help alleviate the costs for snow removal.

According to the news release, each township within Barnes County will receive $5,000. Barnes County will receive $210,000 from the state that will go to the Barnes County Treasurer’s Office who will disburse the funds to each of the 42 townships.

The reimbursement funds are coming from Senate Bill 2016 which included an appropriation of $8.1 million that is to be distributed by the State Treasurer to non-oil-producing counties for the benefit of the organized and unorganized townships, no funding was included for cities throughout the state.

The second possible funding source, could come from a Presidential Disaster request submitted by Governor Burgum requesting a major disaster declaration to free up federal money to address spring flooding in almost 20 counties in North Dakota.

According to Barnes County Emergency Manager, Sue Lloyd, county officials have been working with the State Department of Emergency Services officials and townships located with-in Barnes County to gather Preliminary Damage Assessments for damage that has occurred throughout their township as a result of spring flooding.

Lloyd said of the 42 townships in Barnes County, 19 have submitted their preliminary assessments. She, indicates that Barnes County met the threshold required which was $41,829 in preliminary damages and has been included in the request for a Presidential Disaster declaration.

The request to President Donald Trump seeks a declaration for March 21 to April 29 for the counties of Adams, Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Grand Forks, Grant, Hettinger, Lamoure, Logan, McKenzie, Morton, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Trail and Walsh.