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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ , <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Grant Award Packet Clint Osborn, 968-2050 <br />PURPOSE: To accept the 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant from the State <br />Emergency Management Agency to help support the County emergency management <br />programming. <br />BACKGROUND: The State provides grants to local governments to help support local <br />emergency management programs. The grant is based on the county population and a share <br />of the program cost. Counties with a population over 200,000 are eligible fora 100 percent <br />matching cost grant based on certain emergency management functions. Counties with less <br />than a population of 200,000 are eligible for a fifty (50) percent match. The grants are awarded <br />each year and may vary depending on the federal funding available. This grant has been <br />awarded to Orange County for multiple years to offset the personnel costs of the Emergency <br />Management Specialist position in Emergency Services, and a portion of the Health <br />Department position coordinating the Community Emergency Response Team program, as well <br />as other operating costs. Associated revenues have been included in each year's budget. <br />Staff was notified that the County could again apply for funding under this program for the <br />period from October 1, 2006 -September 30, 2007 with the application due no later than <br />Wednesday May 16th. The Board approved the application on May 3, 2007. The grant was <br />awarded during the BOCC summer recess. <br />FY Grant Award <br />2003-04 $39,694 <br />2004-05 $40,366 <br />2005-06 $32,354 <br />2006-07 $29,887 <br />