Agenda Item Name:
Title
Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Agreement FY2022-2023
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Presenter:
Harold Theus, Chief 352-384-3101
Description:
2022-2023 Federally Funded Emergency Management Performance Grant
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the 2022-2023 Federally-Funded Subgrant Emergency Management Performance
Grant (EMPG) Agreement (2 copies), Approve the Budget Amendment (2023-0003),
and authorize an Interfund Loan not to exceed $86,346.00
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
The EMPG grant is a reimbursement grant that will require an interfund loan for cash flow purposes for an amount not to exceed $86,346. This grant will be expensed for personal services. A resolution is not needed due to the budget for this grant being included in the FY23 Adopted Budget. (Account 256.54.5430.525-various, project number 2225405)
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Strategic Guide:
Strategic Guide
All Other Mandatory and Discretionary Services
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Background:
FDEM has forwarded the agreement to Alachua County for the state’s 2022-2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant. EMPG funds are federal pass-through monies distributed through a matching grant designed to establish and advance local government emergency management activities and functions. The Emergency Management Section has two primary, annual non-County funding sources. They are the federally-funded EMPG, and a state-funded grant entitled the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance (EMPA) Grant.
The Emergency Management Section has been a recipient of both the State and Federal grants since the programs were created. These grants represent approximately 40% of Emergency Management’s annual operating funds. The remainder is provided by the Board of County Commission General Fund.
The County is allowed to utilize the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Grant (EMPA) as an in-kind match for the required match. The EMPA grant award of $105,806.00 exceeds the EMPG award will provide the required match.
During a desktop monitoring review by the Flroida Department of Emergency Management, it was recommended that the County utilize EMPG grant funds for personal services expenses instead of operating and capital expenses to ease the grant monitoring and reporting burden for both Department of Emergency Management (DEM) and the County.