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Fiscal court extends EMS contractor deadline and approves application for two tornado sirens
Summary
Bracken County Fiscal Court approved a no‑cost extension of an EMS contractor’s contract to July 31 and voted to apply for FEMA/BRIC funding to replace two tornado sirens, with a 75/25 grant/local match split ($49,185 grant; $16,395 local match).
Christy Dodge of Buffalo Trace asked Bracken County Fiscal Court to approve a no‑cost change order to extend an EMS contractor’s contract to July 31 so work on the Bracken EMS project can continue.
“The contract for the contractor was supposed to expire on April the 15th… it's a no cost change order just to extend the time of the contract to July 31st,” Dodge told the court. Craig Miller moved to approve the change order and Debbie Mayfield seconded; the court voted unanimously to approve the extension.
Dodge then described a FEMA/BRIC grant application to replace two of the county’s oldest tornado warning sirens as part of a phase‑two effort. She said the project is structured as a 75/25 split: a grant request of $49,185 and a required local match of $16,395 for a total project cost of $65,580. She identified the next replacement locations as Third Street (Foster) and Old Oakland Road.
“I had applied for all six of those through FEMA… what I would like to do is take the two oldest sirens from those six and apply for this,” Dodge said, asking the court for permission to submit the application.
Heather Brumley moved to approve applying for the grant and David Couch seconded; the court again voted unanimously to authorize submission. Dodge cautioned there are no guarantees of award and that the state match program would not be effective until the new state budget on July 1, but she said there was a reasonable possibility of state funds to offset the county match.
Next steps: county staff will file the contract extension paperwork and submit the BRIC/FEMA grant application for the two sirens; if awarded, the county will coordinate the local match and replacement of the specified sirens.
