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County
and Mount Pulaski receive storm
recovery funds
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[JUNE
21,
2006]
Logan
County Emergency Management Agency
director Dan Fulscher had lots of good
news for the county this month. Storm
reimbursements and grant funds have
been rolling in for actual event
recovery, as well as for support
system equipment replacement.
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| If
you recall, the end of winter and
beginning of spring weekends were a
bit rough about every other weekend
this year. A blizzard sandwiched
between several weekends of storms and
tornadoes left miles of debris that
created weeks of work for emergency
crews and volunteers using county and
municipal equipment, as well as loaned
equipment. Most damage occurred south
and east in the county, with the
biggest and most in and around Mount
Pulaski.
The Logan County Emergency
Management Agency submitted costs for
state and federal disaster
declarations. The federal declaration
request of $33,125.22 was granted at
75 percent return: $24,943.62. Mount
Pulaski will receive $19,308.49 of
those funds. The remaining $5,535.13
goes into the county general fund.
Grants were also received for local
emergency planning and equipment.
There was $2,700 from an SERC grant
for chemical emergency preparedness
and prevention, and $5,099.96 was
received from the Illinois Emergency
Services Management Association to go
to the Emergency Telecommunications
System Board.
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The total of additional funds
coming in through emergency management
this month was $32,643.58.
County finance chairman Chuck Ruben
thanked Fulscher for his leadership in
securing these funds.
Fulscher said, "I had lots of
good help."
The telecommunications room will be
moving its location, and equipment
will be completely overhauled over the
next few years. A new generator bid
was accepted from Cummings. It was the
lowest bid of three at $38,508.
[Jan
Youngquist]
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