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Cole County approves five regional homeland security subawards totaling $229,000 for county programs
Summary
Cole County Commission voted to approve and sign five Regional Homeland Security subaward agreements that provide $229,000 to the county for hazmat equipment, mobile EOC sustainment, radios, ID-badge system upkeep and a small generator load test—the generator testing funding will end after this year.
Cole County Commission approved and signed five Regional Homeland Security subaward agreements during its Jan. 28, 2025 meeting, directing $229,000 of grant awards to county emergency programs.
The agreements fund equipment and sustainment for the county’s emergency response capabilities, including hazmat equipment, sustainment of the county’s mobile emergency operations center (EOC), portable radios, ongoing maintenance for the county’s Elliott ID badge system, and one final year of generator load testing funding.
The grants are part of a larger regional package of just over $300,000 across 13 counties. According to the presentation, Cole County’s five subawards are: $1,040 for generator load testing (noted as the final year that regional funding will support that test), $77,676 for decontamination/HAZMAT equipment upgrades, $108,903.68 for mobile EOC sustainment, $40,542 for portable radio costs, and $1,624 for sustainment of the Elliott ID card system. Emergency management staff said two members of the county’s HAZMAT team and county staff prepared eight grant applications the previous year.
Commissioners moved to approve and sign the first pages of each subaward agreement. A motion to approve the agreements was made and seconded; the commission voted in favor (recorded as aye). The motion’s text referenced the five previously described grants and amounts.
County staff noted that the generator load-testing funding will be discontinued at the regional level after this year and that counties will need to budget for that test going forward. Staff said generator load tests typically run around four hours and are used to confirm large generator performance.
The approved subawards will be processed as contracts/subaward agreements with the county executing initial signature pages during the meeting; staff indicated routine follow-up for full execution and processing.
Votes at a glance: the commission voted to approve and sign the five subaward agreements as presented.
Ending: Staff will complete the formal execution of the subaward agreements and incorporate the awarded amounts into department grant accounting and budgets.
