Panel approves adjutant general and emergency services budget, including $39 million STORM federal grant and multiple SIF allocations

Representative Brandenburg presented amendment 25016001001 to House Bill 1016, which combines the budgets of the Adjutant General and the Department of Emergency Services. The committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a do-pass recommendation after a roll-call vote.

Brandenburg told the committee the adjutant general portion totals roughly $139,214,000 in all funds, with about $118 million coming from other (primarily federal) funds and roughly $20 million from the general fund. The Department of Emergency Services portion was presented with totals near $205,000,000 in all funds, including large disaster-grant and radio communications lines. The combined bill total was described in the amendment materials as about $345,000,000, with a general fund total of $30,652,000 and 236 FTEs; Brandenburg said the amendment adds three FTE positions.

Major one-time and carryover items discussed included a $34 million federal grant for the Camp Grafton Regional Training Institute; a federal carryover of $3.6…