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Meeting discussion urges separate Henry County floodplain personnel line after FEMA guidance
Summary
A meeting participant said FEMA under new leadership is enforcing stricter rules and recommended renaming a floodplain budget line to separate personnel expenses (currently listed as $1,500); no formal budget action was taken during the session.
A meeting participant reported on a recent state meeting and recommended separating "floodplain personnel expenses" from a broader floodplain budget line to comply with new FEMA guidance and avoid misuse of funds. The participant said FEMA is "cracking down on wasteful spending" and argued the change is largely administrative: "It sounds like it just needs to be named differently."
The speaker noted that the county currently has $1,500 allocated in the floodplain line that had been intended for community office supplies related to an annual conference. They suggested moving that allocation or renaming the line to clearly identify personnel costs. The speaker cited neighboring counties as examples: Johnson County and Pettis County either assigned different positions or contracted a floodplain administrator under a separate contract.
Participants discussed how funds used for emergency management or other floodplain-related non-personnel activities may need separate tracking. No formal motion or vote to change budget language was recorded during the meeting; one participant said the issue "sounds fairly minor" but agreed it would require review.
Next steps: Staff or the appropriate office was asked to look into the rewording or separation of the budget line; no scheduled vote or adoption date was recorded in the transcript.
