Agenda Item Name:
Title
Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Agreement
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Presenter:
Harold Theus, Chief (352) 384-3130
Description:
2020-2021 Federally Funded Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Agreement
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the 2020-2021 Federally-Funded Subgrant Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Agreement (2 copies), Adopt the Resolution Amending the Adopted Budget, Approve the Budget Amendment, and authorize an Interfund Loan not to exceed $86,068.00
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
The EMPG grant is a reimbursement grant that and will require an interfund loan for cash flow purposes for an amount not to exceed $86,068. This grant will allow for an additonal $86,068 in grant revenue that will be expensed for personal services. Account 256.54.5430.525-various, project number 2205402.
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Background:
FDEM has forwarded the agreement to Alachua County for the state’s 2020-2021 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. Both grant awards follow the State’s fiscal year of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
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 BOCC 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.
This is an anticipated grant award and was budgeted in the FY2019-20 adopted budget for the three (3) month period from July 1 to September 30, 2020. The adopted budget must be increased to match the grant award of $86,068.
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 DEM and the County.