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Emergency services reallocates Homeland Security grant lines, staff explains radio coverage plans
Summary
Emergency Services requested two Homeland Security grant budget adjustments — moving $60,000 from major equipment to consultants for communications work and reallocating $45,000 for training and mileage — and described plans to fill radio coverage gaps with new tower sites and partnerships.
The Emergency Services representative asked the board to approve two Homeland Security grant reallocations: moving $60,000 from a major-equipment line into consultants for the FY23 statewide interoperable communications grant, and reallocating $45,000 from consultants into mileage ($8,000) and training ($37,000) for a domestic terrorism prevention grant. "We're moving $60,000 from major equipment to consultants line," the representative said; staff explained these are reclassifications within grant budgets to pay consultants such as Telvate.
Board members pressed for clarity on whether the adjustments were moving funds between separate grants or simply shifting lines within the same grant; staff explained they are tracked separately and must be submitted as separate budget amendments. The emergency services representative also described ongoing efforts to improve countywide radio coverage, noting a newly acquired tower site in Howard and potential partnerships for a $1,000,000 tower build to fill persistent coverage gaps in the Canisteillo/Canisteel Valley area. Motions to approve the reallocations carried; vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
