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Speaker 8 gives year-in-review disaster update for Carter County; 42 projects in portal
Summary
Speaker 8 summarized a year of storm response in Carter County, describing debris operations, interagency coordination with FEMA/NRCS/TEMA, an estimated $180 million in public infrastructure damages, loan support from the state, and 42 portal projects with nine obligations by FEMA.
Speaker 8 delivered a detailed year-in-review disaster update for Carter County, describing emergency response, debris removal and the status of state and federal reimbursement efforts. "Right now, we have 42 projects in the portal," Speaker 8 told the commission, and described the county’s work to document damage, manage contractors and pursue FEMA and NRCS funding.
The presentation traced steps taken after the storm: early contracts and National Guard support (credited with about $450,000 in savings on debris operations), highway crews learning FEMA documentation procedures, establishment of temporary staging sites at the…
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