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Ada County approves FEMA BRIC grant application to update multi-hazard mitigation plan, authorizes Paul Marsage to submit
Summary
The board authorized submission of grant application 2408-A to FEMA (BRIC) to hire a contractor for hazard analysis and update Ada County's multi-hazard mitigation plan, with a 30% county match largely provided in-kind and an estimated workload of ~700 staff hours across 20 planning partners.
Ada County commissioners voted Dec. 31 to authorize submission of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant application (grant number 2408-A) to hire a contractor to perform hazard analysis modeling and update the Ada County multi-hazard mitigation plan.
The board authorized Paul Marsage to complete and submit the application online and authorized the chair to sign the necessary documents on behalf of the board.
Emergency Management staff told the board the project would involve roughly 620 to 700 staff hours to complete and would engage about 20 planning partners, including cities and special districts. FEMA rules cited by staff allow the jurisdiction to bill up to $44.10 per hour for staff time spent on the project; the county plans to provide a 30% match largely through in-kind staff time. Staff described the work as a one-year planning process involving hazard-analysis modeling, a steering committee and broad partner participation.
Commissioners approved the authorization to apply; staff will complete the application and return with next steps if the grant is awarded, including procurement of a contractor to perform the work and scheduling a year-long planning process with partners.
