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Committee approves PSAP grant pursuit, mobile field‑force gear and emergency debris/onboarding funds
Summary
The Public Safety Committee approved three motions: authorization to pursue a PSAP grant for fiscal year 2026, $56,750 in strategic priorities funding for mobile field force equipment, and up to $15,000 from strategic priorities for immediate emergency uses related to flood response.
At the August Washington County Public Safety Committee meeting members approved three funding and authorization items for public‑safety operations.
The committee voted to authorize the sheriff’s office to pursue the PSAP grant program for fiscal year 2026. Captain Stacer said the grant opportunity has funded prior consolidation and that this year’s application would focus on “cleanup” items such as ergonomics, training capacity, and expanded break/food storage in the dispatch center. The grant program can provide up to $750,000; Captain Stacer said final bids were not yet received and that the county would use previously allocated Hartford and Germantown funds to cover the 10% local share if needed. The…
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