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Rockwall Commissioners move forward on FEMA grant for backup generators amid funding questions
Summary
The court approved moving forward with a FEMA hazard-mitigation grant application that would fund backup generators for county facilities; commissioners debated scope, pay‑upfront/reimbursement timing and where local match would come from before approving the application 5–0.
Rockwall County Emergency Management Coordinator Rawson told the commissioners court on Jan. 13 that the county's application under FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (DR‑4781, April 2024 severe storms) would fund backup generators for three county facilities (the county library, the Whitmore Building and the commissioner's courthouse building) at an estimated total project cost of about $1,000,000 with a 25 percent local match.
Rawson said the county had been selected as a primary project to be forwarded to FEMA and that FEMA had requested information, putting the application…
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