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County manager details slow FEMA reimbursements and debris disputes in $11.4M public assistance application
Summary
Burke County's FEMA public assistance application for about $11.4 million remains largely unresolved; the county manager reported limited reimbursements, disputes over debris-trailer measurement rules, and turnover among FEMA project managers that has slowed large-project review.
Burke County officials told the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 17 that their FEMA public assistance application — roughly $11.4 million in requested reimbursement — has seen limited progress and only modest reimbursements so far.
The county manager outlined the long, technical process of FEMA’s public assistance program and said staff have been working with FEMA attorneys and state emergency management, as well as congressional staff, to move the application forward. He said the…
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