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Council approves Emergency Management budget shift as federal grants shrink
Summary
The council's Public Safety Committee supported the executive's FY26 request to move previously grant‑funded emergency‑management positions into the general fund amid uncertainty about future federal homeland‑security grants.
The Montgomery County Council's Public Safety Committee recommended and the council accepted the County Executive's FY26 budget proposal to shift 2.5 emergency‑management positions from federal grants into the general fund amid uncertainty about continued federal grant support.
Department leaders told the council the emergency management office has historically relied on federal…
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