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Emergency Management planner outlines OES FY26 budget cuts and software, radio and contractor costs
Summary
Emergency management planner Juanita Nelson presented a FY26 OES budget that trims non‑employee training and seeks state support for instructor costs, flags uncertain state grant revenue and requests funding for emergency notification software, radio repairs and radio reprogramming.
Juanita Nelson, emergency management planner, presented the Office of Emergency Services (OES) proposed fiscal 2026 budget to Flathead County commissioners and warned that potential state grant reductions could lower the department’s revenues.
Nelson said she tightened the operating budget where possible and removed non‑employee travel for ICS instructor training, saying the office will “lean very, very hard on my state partners, DNRC and DES, to try to get me those instructors.” She described three main cost areas: emergency notification software, radio repairs and…
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