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Committee forwards $1M grant for rural emergency medical communications and preparedness

2138979 · January 21, 2025
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Summary

The Finance Committee forwarded Resolution 60-25 and companion Bill 20, accepting and appropriating a $1,000,000 federal grant for a rural emergency medical communications demonstration project to improve lifeline capabilities, community emergency communications, AEDs and training across Hawaii County.

The Finance Committee voted to forward Resolution 60-25, authorizing the mayor to accept $1,000,000 in federal funds for a rural emergency medical communications demonstration project, and companion Bill 20 to appropriate the funding. The clerk announced 7 ayes on the motion to forward the resolution; two councilmembers were absent for the recorded vote.

Thomas (Talmage) Magno, Civil Defense Administrator, said the grant arrived via the State Department of Health as a homeland…

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