Menifee reviews first quarter economic impact from COVID-19
The Menifee City Council heard an extensive report on the financial impact of COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020-2021 and what Menifee has done to help businesses during the pandemic at their Wednesday, Oct. 21, meeting.Rochelle Clayton, deputy city manager of Menifee, made the quarterly report for the council. The financial impact report explored only the first quarter of the fiscal year from July through September 2020. She said that even though most of the quarter’s revenue was included in the report, the sales tax revenue, which is a large part of the city revenues for the year, still has not been received and will not be known immediately.The city’s general fund budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 was revised after the pandemic began, following stay-at-home orders and busi