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Commissioners ratify EMPG grant application covering emergency-management salaries, county staff say

5914697 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

The Board of County Commissioners ratified submission of the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) application, which reimburses roughly 50% of eligible emergency-management expenses up to about $73,000; staff noted required federal compliance language and ongoing litigation in other jurisdictions but said submission is appropriate.

Columbia County commissioners moved to ratify the county’s Sept. 12 submission of the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) application and approved the filing at the Sept. 17 meeting.

Emergency management staff said the EMPG program reimburses roughly 50% of…

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