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Emergency manager reports $1.5 million in FEMA payments; court joins statewide mutual-aid agreement
Summary
Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported roughly $1.5 million dispersed to residents through FEMA programs and the fiscal court approved joining the statewide emergency management mutual aid and assistance agreement.
Chris Mason, Pulaski County’s emergency management director, told the fiscal court that FEMA and related programs have generated roughly $1.5 million in direct assistance to residents since the disaster declaration and that federal and state teams will remain in the county beyond an official deadline.
“As of 07/20, we've had a total of 461 registrations within the county,” Mason said. He then summarized FEMA Individual and Household Program payouts: “IHP... has paid out $752,003.34,” he said, adding that housing assistance and other-needs assistance combined to roughly $1.5 million for county residents.
Mason said FEMA personnel and local recovery operations were continuing beyond the deadline officials had printed on public materials: “They are not planning on pulling out tomorrow. They're actually planning on staying for at least another 25 to 30 days,” he said, while noting an official extension would be documented through state channels.
The court also reviewed and approved a resolution to join the statewide emergency management mutual aid and assistance agreement, which County Attorney Martin read into the record. “...the statewide emergency management mutual aid and assistance agreements hereby approved and adopted,” Martin said while reading the resolution text. The resolution authorizes a primary and alternate representative to execute the agreement and to request and provide aid on behalf of Pulaski Fiscal Court.
Mason briefed members on the county’s progress toward public-assistance paperwork and said several large projects had been submitted to the state cost-recovery center for review. He reminded the court that reimbursement for county-level public assistance is separate from individual FEMA IHP payouts and said county public-assistance projects were still under review at the state and federal level.
The court voted to adopt the mutual-aid resolution and authorized officials to sign the agreement; no specific implementation timeline was set during the meeting.
