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Bannock County approves one-year lease for emergency management office using pass-through grant funds

5548640 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Commissioners approved a one-year lease at the Seacock building for the county Office of Emergency Management, with rent to be paid from a pass-through Homeland Security grant; commissioners attached a one-year term to the motion and requested measurable deliverables.

The Bannock County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 5 to approve a one-year lease for the county Office of Emergency Management to occupy space at the Seacock building, with rent to be paid from pass-through Homeland Security grant funding.

Wes Jones, of the Bannock County Office of Emergency Management, told commissioners the grant funds proposed for rent come from the Homeland Security Grant program and "would be used for other emergency operation type functions" if not used for rent.

Commissioners pressed staff on whether using the grant for rent would…

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