HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday that his budget director received the final itemized lists of COVID-related expenses from cities and towns seeking reimbursement late last week. A breakdown is expected to be released later this week regarding how much of the $1.38 billion Connecticut has received from the federal government under the CARES Act will go to certain municipalities.

Last week, Joe DeLong, the executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, released a statement demanding the Lamont administration begin sharing some of the federal money immediately with cities and towns. The federal law left it up to states to decide if and how much of the aid to provide municipalities with populations of less than 500,000 people.

“Connecticut municipal leaders are burdened by unexpected pandemic-related expenses while their revenues shrink,” DeLong wrote. “Yet no Connecticut municipality has yet to see a dime of funding though CARES Act aid that the State has received for municipalities.”

Paul Mounds, Lamont’s chief of staff, said Tuesday that the administration is trying to make sure they’re “utilizing the funding in the most appropriate manner, as provided by federal guidelines.”