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Military division seeks supplemental funding for communications, vehicle backlogs and hazmat response equipment
Summary
The Idaho Military Division told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it needs supplemental funding to finish communications infrastructure, clear a vehicle installation backlog and modernize hazardous-materials response equipment for seven regional teams.
Frances Lippett, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, reviewed the Idaho Military Division’s budget request, and Major General Tim Donilon, Adjutant General and commander of the Idaho National Guard, answered committee questions about execution and timing.
The nut graf: the division asked for supplemental funding to address an immediate vehicle- and equipment-installation backlog, to modernize public-safety communications and to provide $860,000 through a cash transfer for regional hazardous-materials response teams to replace aging gear.
Lippett summarized the division’s statutory authority under Title 46 of Idaho Code and noted the division is organized under three budget programs: federal-state agreements (the largest), military management and the Office of Emergency Management.…
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