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Emergency management budget grows; $250,000 set aside for World Cup planning, councilors question staff reductions
Summary
The Finance Committee reviewed the Emergency Management budget, which shows a roughly 26% increase in total expenditures and a $250,000 special-events allocation for World Cup preparedness. Councilors pressed staff over the defunding of one general-funded preparedness position and the department's small staffing levels.
The Finance Committee examined the Emergency Management department's proposed FY26 budget at its April 29 meeting, where staff described a roughly 26% increase in total expenditures and a new $250,000 discretionary line item intended to support World Cup-related safety measures.
Director (named in the record as Claire DeSergos) and budget staff told the committee the department is a revenue-generating unit with its largest revenue source the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG). Staff budgeted EMPG revenue of roughly $202,000 in FY26. The department also receives other state and federal pass-throughs, and staff described a completed Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) delivered this year.
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