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Idaho Military Division seeks supplemental funds for communications, vehicles and hazmat teams
Summary
The Military Division told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it needs supplemental appropriations to clear a vehicle backlog, modernize public-safety communications, and replace 20-year-old hazardous-materials response equipment across seven regional teams.
Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst for the Legislative Services Office, summarized the Idaho Military Division’s budget and the governor’s recommended supplemental and enhancement items for FY 2026 before Major General Tim Donnellan, the state’s adjutant general, answered questions from the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.
The division asked for both one-time and ongoing adjustments to address a backlog of vehicles that could not be upgraded earlier because of industry chip shortages, to modernize public-safety communications infrastructure, and to update regionally staged hazardous-materials response equipment the division said has not been replaced since about 2005.
Why it matters: The supplemental requests are tied to public-safety capabilities — vehicles used by Idaho State Police and other agencies, the microwave-based public-safety communications network, and hazmat response teams that serve multi-county regions.
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