Six months after Hurricane Matthew ravaged the area, Bulloch County and the city of Statesboro have reported expenses of more than $2 million from the response and cleanup. Local officials expect the federal government to reimburse more than 80 percent of these expenses and the state a smaller portion. Numbers made public this week include $1,776,415 in labor and expense claims by Bulloch County and $482,694 by the city of Statesboro, for a total of $2,259,109.
County and city hurricane expenses top $2 million
FEMA money starting to come in as paperwork is submitted