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Emergency management pushes FEMA mitigation application; county hires consultant for fire-district feasibility study
Summary
Emergency preparedness staff told commissioners the county submitted an $834,000 federal mitigation grant application for a retention/detention project; the county also signed a roughly $50,000 contract to study the feasibility of creating fire districts, with the county’s share about $25,000.
Iron County’s emergency preparedness staff reported submitting a federal mitigation grant application and updated commissioners on plans to study possible fire district consolidation.
Emergency preparedness staff said the county applied for a FEMA/state flood-mitigation grant after an initial state request for a letter of intent. The county asked the federal program to fund construction of a retention/detention pond; staff said the county initially sought $200,000 but closed the formal application at $834,000 after the state and FEMA adjusted the request.
“By the time FEMA and the state got through with it, they insisted that we take…
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