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LEE COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. II. E. <br />_ Information <br />Meeting Date: March 18, 2013 Action Item <br />XX Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT Emergency Management Performance Grant Application for FY 2013 <br />DEPARTMENT Lee County Office of Emergency Services <br />CONTACT PERSON Shane Seagroves, 919 - 718 -4670 <br />REQUEST Authorize Submission of Annual Emergency Management Performance <br />Grant application for FY 2013. <br />SUMMARY The purpose of the FY 2013 EMPG program is to provide grants to states <br />to assist state, local, tribal and territorial governments in preparing for all hazards, as authorized by the <br />Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) Title VI of <br />the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to make grants for the purpose of providing a system of emergency <br />preparedness for the protection of life and property in the United States. Each local entity is required to <br />submit an application to the State Administrative Agency (SAA) to receive funding. For North Carolina, <br />the SAA is through the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, a division of the <br />Department of Public Safety. Emergency Management estimates that Lee County will receive $34,000 <br />once the application process is completed and that estimate will be included in the FY 2013 - 2014 <br />budget revenue line item. This is an annual grant program and Lee County has been a participant each <br />year at least since 2004. <br />BUDGET IMPACT 50% match requirement is provided by in -kind contributions <br />ATTACHMENT(S) Grant Application <br />PUBLIC HEARING No <br />PRIOR BOARD ACTION EMPG application approved annually by the Board of Commissioners <br />RECOMMENDATION Authorize submission of grant application as presented <br />