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County accepts $43,000 Emergency Management Performance Grant requiring 50% local match
Summary
Emergency Management presented and the Board accepted a 2025 EMPG award for $43,000; the grant requires a 50% local match and supports personnel and operations.
Rebecca Squires, Emergency Management, presented the 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant and asked the Board to accept the award. Squires said the grant "requires a 50 percent local match and helps fund emergency management personnel and operational expenses." Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the $43,000 award.
Squires told the Board Jefferson County has participated in the EMPG program for more than 20 years and remains in compliance with program requirements. The Board's acceptance authorizes county staff to apply the award to eligible emergency management expenses with the required local matching funds.
