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County and Port Angeles prepare to green-light $22 million joint public-safety facility as FEMA grant shifts
Summary
County staff told commissioners the joint county–city public safety facility remains on a $22 million budget and design is near completion; FEMA agreed to move its reimbursement grant to the project front end and may allow a longer extension, but commissioners will be asked to adopt an MOU and commit to backfill/clawback contingencies.
County and Port Angeles city staff told the Board of Palm County Commissioners during a work session that the joint public-safety facility remains on track within a $22,000,000 project budget and is approaching final design, and that elected officials will be asked at a joint meeting next week to commit to funding and an updated memorandum of understanding for the construction phase. "We are now somewhere between 90–100% design on the documents," a county project director said, and officials said budget numbers have not changed from earlier estimates.
The project director said the county received notice that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is willing to change the scope of a reimbursement grant and to move that FEMA funding to the front end of the project; FEMA also indicated it may permit an extension longer than the 6 months generally shown in guidance. "We did receive…
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