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Committee reviews OEMHS budget: Everbridge funding shift and reduced JOC scope draw debate
Summary
The Public Safety Committee reviewed the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security FY27 budget, recommending moving Everbridge maintenance ($800,000) from expiring grants to general funds and debating a county-executive proposal to reduce the Joint Operation Center scope to cabling/connectivity ($848,000) while OEMHS says full hardwiring/radio work would total about $1.1M.
Chair Lukasz Katz convened the Public Safety Committee on April 29 to review FY27 operating recommendations for the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS) and related CIP changes. Kristen Cummings, legislative analyst, told the committee the executive recommends a $1,758,165 increase to the OEMHS operating budget and introduced three reconciliation-list items that would replace expiring federal grant support with county funding.
Cummings outlined the largest reconciliation item as an $800,000 shift from grant funds into general fund reserves to sustain the Everbridge alert system, the platform behind Alert Montgomery. She said the grants that had paid for the system expire in June 2026 and OEMHS identified continued Everbridge support as “a top operational need.”
The committee also considered a $425,000 line to replace expiring public access trauma care (PATC) kits deployed in county government buildings; Cummings said the packet lists kits in 209 county buildings, would replace 601 kits and expand coverage to an additional 12 facilities. Cummings noted school kits are funded by…
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