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Emergency management grants approved as county trims communications staff; radios, vehicle and terrorism‑task force funding cleared
Summary
The county approved several homeland‑security and emergency‑management grant applications while the emergency management office said federal grant cuts forced elimination of a deputy communications specialist role.
The Board of County Commissioners approved a package of grant applications for emergency management while the county acknowledged staffing reductions caused by reduced federal grant funding.
Kate, the county’s emergency management presenter, told commissioners that the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) was cut by 40 percent and that as a result the deputy coordinator communications specialist position will be eliminated. Kate said the change will not directly reduce the department’s ability to…
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