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County public‑works office outlines FEMA reimbursement status and approves two‑year GWorks contract
Summary
Linn County public‑works staff updated commissioners on FEMA reimbursements for past flood events and the county approved a two‑year contract with GWorks (cloud operations) for maintenance/asset software and migration services; the board authorized Public Works Administrator Jesse Walton to sign the contract.
Joyce Hall, public works office manager, briefed commissioners on two items: the county's pending FEMA reimbursements for a 2019 flood event and a proposed two‑year contract with GWorks for cloud operations and asset management migration.
FEMA reimbursement timeline: Hall said the county's 2019 flood reimbursements have totaled more than $1.9 million in submitted damage and that earlier recoveries came in multiple checks over time. "We don't get just one check," Hall said, noting prior FEMA reimbursements arrived in installments (July 2020, November 2020 and May 2021) and that the county's FEMA application deadline for the recent event is January 2026. Hall also summarized the expected reimbursement share: "FEMA will reimburse us 75%, but we also…
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