Emergency management seeks EMPG grant to add UTV before June 30 deadline
The emergency management deputy director asked the commissioners to apply for a 50/50 EMPG grant to purchase a UTV to support county trail and field response; he cited grant number references and an amount (transcript referenced $15,568) and emphasized a tight equipment tagging deadline of June 30.
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Lucas Bridal, deputy director of Emergency Management, asked the board to approve applying for a federal EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant) that would cost‑share the purchase of an additional UTV to improve county field response coverage. Bridal said the grant is a 50/50 award; he cited the grant reference numbers from the application window and gave an equipment figure (the transcript referenced $15,568 for equipment). Bridal said trails and call volumes have increased and a single UTV does not cover the whole county, and he noted a hard deadline—equipment must be on hand and tagged by June 30 to comply with grant requirements.
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