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Whiteville council approves application for FEMA personnel grant after cost-share changes
Summary
Council approved moving forward with an application for a federal fire department personnel grant after staff described recent changes to cost-share requirements that reduce positions from six to three and require local salary matching in later years.
Whiteville Town Council voted to approve submitting an application for a federal personnel grant for the town's fire department after staff described recent changes to the program's cost-share requirements.
David Merrick, town counsel, told the council that earlier this year federal grant rules changed and the personnel grant's cost-share was reintroduced. "The first and second year is 25% of the grant of basically of the salaries...and the third year is 65%," Merrick…
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