Montgomery County official: $117M reimbursed, about $68M of FEMA public-assistance funding still pending

A staff member from the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security told the council’s joint committee that the county has received $117,000,000 in FEMA public-assistance reimbursements, about $68,000,000 remains in various stages of FEMA approval, and roughly $50,000,000 of that amount is in the final stages of review.

The official said county staff have submitted $218,000,000 in total for reimbursement, $185,000,000 has been approved and $33,000,000 was deemed not eligible. The remaining $68,000,000 includes three major projects: a food program ($17,500,000, pending large-project notification), operating expenses and personal protective equipment ($26,400,000, currently in environmental and historical‑preservation review), and an additional operating‑expense/PPE project (about $6,000,000, in quality‑assurance review). The official said FEMA has added…