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Lee County staff warns FEMA thresholds rising; suggests creating local disaster fund
Summary
Lee County emergency management staff told commissioners that proposed federal changes will raise the per‑capita threshold needed for FEMA declarations and urged the county to start a local disaster fund (Fund 156) to cover smaller disasters and meet new federal eligibility levels.
Lee County emergency management staff warned the County Commission that proposed changes to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) thresholds will make federal disaster declarations rarer and urged the county to begin setting aside local disaster funds.
Miss Smith, a county staff member who presented the FEMA status update, told the commission: “don’t listen to the media because the media is something different every day.” She said the federal per‑capita indicator (PCI) used to judge whether counties qualify for a disaster declaration is proposed to increase for Lee County from $4.72 to $7.62, raising the local damage threshold to roughly $892,080 for the county to be eligible for public assistance under the proposed rule.
The change, Miss Smith said,…
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