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Commissioners Court - Regular 4. B. 2.
Meeting Date: 01/16/2013
Submission of FY13 Emergency Management Performance Grant
Submitted By: Maria Medrano, Grants Department
Department: Grants Department
RECOMMENDATION
Information
Discuss and consider authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Texas Division of Emergency
Management for the FY 2013 Emergency Management Performance Grant program.
BACKGROUND
The EMPG program provides federal funding to assist states and local governments in developing and carrying out
emergency management programs. States submit annual applications that include a statement of work and proposed
budget to DHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for funding to match State and local
appropriations for emergency management programs. States receive EMPG funding from DHS and, in turn, pass
through EMPG funding to local governments to reimburse them for emergency management program expenses.
States, including Texas, require local governments which wish to participate in the program to submit EMPG
program applications that include a Statement of Work and a program budget.
DISCUSSION
The funding of EMPG funds will help assist Nueces County to carry out preparedness activities to enhance their
capability to mitigate potential hazards and respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters by using
funding for key elements of emergency preparedness comprehensively emergency planning, emergency training,
and exercises.
The deadline for EMPG Application submission for FY 2013 funding is January 31, 2013.
Budget Information
Information about available funds
Budgeted: Funds Available: Adjustment: Amount Available: $186,345.58
Unbudgeted: Funds NOT Available: Amendment:
Account Code(s) for Available Funds
1: 5105
Fiscal
Impact:
Fund Transfers
Source of Funds: 5105 Amount Requested: $93,172.79 Fiscal Year: 2012/2013 Budgeted Y/N: Y
The total application will be $186,345.58, requesting 50% Nueces County/50% federal cost share.
The cost share match ($93,172.59) will come from the Emergency Management operating budget
(Department #5105).
While funding for the EMPG program was envisioned to be a 50 percent Federal/50 percent
State/Local cost share, program funding has increased more slowly than the operating expenses for
many emergency management programs. The combination of general increases in the cost of doing