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Webster County EMA flags shrinking federal grants, budgets modest raises and $25,000 disaster fund
Summary
Webster County emergency management presented a budget that assumes a 2% salary increase, removes reliance on a shrinking Emergency Management Performance Grant, and preserves a $25,000 carryover disaster fund; county leadership urged consistent 0% assumptions across departments until countywide numbers are finalized.
Dylan Hagen, who identified himself as representing the Emergency Management Agency for disaster services, told Webster County officials the agency’s proposed budget removes reliance on shrinking federal grant revenue and includes modest equipment and training requests.
Hagen said the Emergency Management Performance Grant — historically used to cover roughly half of EMA salary and benefits — has dwindled and, he added, some of the grant funds are currently tied up in federal court cases. “We need to remove that grant out of the budget and not rely on grant funding for part of my budget,” Hagen said, describing a $19,500 decrease compared with prior years.
The budget document also lists a levied EMA funding amount for county and cities of about $139,207 and a $21,500 pass-through for outdoor warning sirens that both city and county fund, Hagen said. He said EMA…
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