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Albany County approves sheriff budget amendments, reopens PSAP grant, seeks hazmat funding and extends hazard-mitigation deadline
Summary
At a meeting, Albany County approved several sheriff's office budget amendments to accept federal and state grants, voted to reopen a 2023 PSAP grant for $66,868, authorized pursuit of a $16,000 hazmat training grant, and extended a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program deadline to March 31, 2026.
Albany County approved a package of budget amendments and grant actions affecting the sheriff’s office and emergency planning at a county meeting.
The board approved an amendment to the sheriff’s 2025 budget to accept an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) described as a 36-month grant backdated to Oct. 1, 2023. “It’s for 36 months starting backdated to October 1 of 2023,” and “This helps with personnel cost, pays our director and our deputy director,” the sheriff said, adding the grant requires a 50 percent local match and that funds are typically applied to…
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