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Emergency management honors local responder; Buffalo Trace Search & Rescue awarded vehicle grant
Summary
Kentucky Emergency Management’s regional manager recognized Anthony S. Lees for certification and announced Buffalo Trace Search & Rescue received a $34,898.40 grant for a vehicle; the court also heard that Mason County met EMPG requirements and remains eligible for federal emergency management funding.
Kentucky Emergency Management Regional Response Manager Jason York visited the Mason County Fiscal Court on Oct. 14 to recognize local emergency-management work and positive grant outcomes.
York presented a certificate recognizing Anthony S. Lees for meeting the requirements to be a certified Kentucky emergency manager and praised Lees’ contributions to local emergency operations. "With the designation of certified Kentucky emergency manager for meeting the requirements and standards of the program ... to you, Tony," York said while presenting the award.
York also outlined the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) process and said Mason County achieved the required tasks for all four quarters to remain eligible for the program. He estimated the EMPG award in the local context at about $15,000.
Separately, York said Buffalo Trace Search and Rescue applied for and received $34,898.40 toward a new vehicle to upgrade regional response capabilities. The court subsequently included the LGEA search-and-rescue grant in a first reading of a budget amendment (Ordinance 25-04) to accept and appropriate $34,898.40 for that purpose.
County officials praised volunteer search-and-rescue members and unpaid community volunteers who supported a recent cross-river inmate search. The court approved the first reading of the budget amendment related to the grant; final appropriation will require the second reading as part of the county’s ordinance procedures.
