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Supervisors weigh reserve use after federal EMPG funds fail to materialize
Summary
Bremer County officials were told Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) funds for 2025 have not been released; staff proposed removing $20,000 from revenue assumptions and either using reserves or shifting costs to local 9‑1‑1/tower funds while pursuing a FY'27 EMPG application.
County emergency‑management staff told the board the federal EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant) for 2025 has not been released and that the department removed the $20,000 assumption from revenue forecasts.
"EMPG 2025 still has not been released... at this point, it doesn't look like we're gonna see that at all," said the emergency‑management…
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