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Avery County approves multiple disaster-related grants and budget amendments, including $150,000 shelter trailer grant
Summary
The board accepted several emergency and recovery grants and adopted budget amendments on Sept. 9, including a $150,000 local shelter capacity grant for a shelter trailer, an NC Tier 2 hazardous materials grant of $4,000, insurance reimbursements for parks and EMS, and authorization of cash flow loan round 3.
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Avery County Board of Commissioners approved multiple grant acceptances and budget amendments related to Hurricane Helene recovery and routine operations.
The Department of Emergency Management requested acceptance of a Local Shelter Capacity grant in the amount of $150,000 to purchase an emergency shelter trailer; the board accepted the grant and adopted a budget amendment to debit EM grants $150,000 and credit EM grants revenue $150,000.
The board also accepted an NC Tier 2 competitive hazardous materials grant for $4,000 to support regional emergency planning, training and exercises, and approved a Parks and Recreation insurance reimbursement roll-forward of $71,000 to complete repairs from Helene. EMS reported an insurance reimbursement for a 2022 Ford ambulance; the board approved a budget amendment accounting for $26,361.86 to capital outlay (with $25,361.86 in reimbursement and $1,000 from fund balance to cover a deductible).
Additionally, the board authorized the chair to sign state cash-flow loan agreements (Round 3) and approved a related resolution and promissory note to access state cash-flow loan support for disaster response activities.
All listed items were approved by voice vote with the recorded response "aye." No individual roll-call vote with member-by-member tallies was recorded in the transcript; the meeting record shows unanimous voice approval on the items presented.
Next steps: departments will proceed with grant-funded purchases and project roll-forward budgeting, and staff will execute the authorized loan agreements.
