Region XII Council of Governments representative Chad Schrek appeared before the Sac County Supervisors to discuss the Council’s multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. FEMA has apparently indicated that Sac County is behind in submitting the plans that make the county eligible for FEMA grant projects.
There are two FEMA grant programs opening equaling $10,000,000 but in order to be eligible for them, the county has to specify the projects they wish to apply for in the above mentioned plan and have it submitted in order to qualify. (An example of a project would be a storm safe room.)
The grants are competitive, but according to the Schrek, the there is enough money to practically guarantee that everyone will get a piece of it.
The hazard mitigation plan, as devised by Region XII Council of Governments includes everything that FEMA needs to see and will cost the county $4,500 BUT there will be several community planning meetings around the county, and the hours spent in these planning meetings count as a $25.00 per hour per person and is applied towards the $4,500.00.
Without this plan, the county is not eligible to participate in the grant program. Because FEMA apparently will not accept anything else, the Sac County Supervisors passed a resolution specifying that Region XII COG will devise our county-wide hazard mitigation plan.
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