July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
County to get $72,000 (8/1/05)
Funds will come from homeland security grant
By By Mike Snyder-
It won’t be as much as in recent years, but Jay County will receive a significant sum of money for homeland security sometime this year.
County officials were notified recently that the county’s homeland security grant for 2005 will be approximately $72,000 — including $28,000 which must be spent on law enforcement-related items.
Jay County Commissioners asked the county’s emergency management director this morning what the plans are for the funds.
“I don’t have anything committed yet,” Ralph Frazee told Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr.
Frazee, who said there are limitations on what the money can be used for, said that “they’re trying to make sure we don’t buy toys.”
Miller asked Frazee if the funds could be used to purchase a generator for the courthouse to use during emergencies. But after Frazee told Miller that an estimate for a generator to power the entire courthouse was approximately $80,000, Miller replied, “forget the generator.”
Frazee told the commissioners he planned to meet with representatives from all fire and police departments in the county to discuss potential uses of the homeland security funds.
Also this morning, Theurer asked Frazee for an update on an effort to place a warning siren on or near the courthouse to replace an older unit on a tower at the former Portland Fire Station on North Commerce Street.
That siren is no longer working, and some employees in the courthouse have expressed concern that they will not receive warning in a weather emergency because they cannot hear the city’s other three sirens.
Frazee told Theurer that the city was going to try to find money in its budget to replace the siren.
The commissioners suggested to Frazee that perhaps homeland security grant funds could be used for that purpose.
Also today, Bob Quadrozzi, executive director of Jay County Development Corporation, updated the commissioners on the budget requests for JCDC and Jay County Community Development, which is part of JCDC.
The requested budget for fiscal year 2005-06 for JCDC is $170,600, up $800 from the current year. The fiscal year for JCDC and JCCD is July 1 to June 30.
The requested budget for JCCD is $83,350, Quadrozzi reported.
Quadrozzi also said this morning that interviews for the currently vacant community developer position have wrapped up and that it is hoped someone will be in place by the middle of this month.
“We’d like to get a definite commitment this week,” Quadrozzi said.[[In-content Ad]]
County officials were notified recently that the county’s homeland security grant for 2005 will be approximately $72,000 — including $28,000 which must be spent on law enforcement-related items.
Jay County Commissioners asked the county’s emergency management director this morning what the plans are for the funds.
“I don’t have anything committed yet,” Ralph Frazee told Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr.
Frazee, who said there are limitations on what the money can be used for, said that “they’re trying to make sure we don’t buy toys.”
Miller asked Frazee if the funds could be used to purchase a generator for the courthouse to use during emergencies. But after Frazee told Miller that an estimate for a generator to power the entire courthouse was approximately $80,000, Miller replied, “forget the generator.”
Frazee told the commissioners he planned to meet with representatives from all fire and police departments in the county to discuss potential uses of the homeland security funds.
Also this morning, Theurer asked Frazee for an update on an effort to place a warning siren on or near the courthouse to replace an older unit on a tower at the former Portland Fire Station on North Commerce Street.
That siren is no longer working, and some employees in the courthouse have expressed concern that they will not receive warning in a weather emergency because they cannot hear the city’s other three sirens.
Frazee told Theurer that the city was going to try to find money in its budget to replace the siren.
The commissioners suggested to Frazee that perhaps homeland security grant funds could be used for that purpose.
Also today, Bob Quadrozzi, executive director of Jay County Development Corporation, updated the commissioners on the budget requests for JCDC and Jay County Community Development, which is part of JCDC.
The requested budget for fiscal year 2005-06 for JCDC is $170,600, up $800 from the current year. The fiscal year for JCDC and JCCD is July 1 to June 30.
The requested budget for JCCD is $83,350, Quadrozzi reported.
Quadrozzi also said this morning that interviews for the currently vacant community developer position have wrapped up and that it is hoped someone will be in place by the middle of this month.
“We’d like to get a definite commitment this week,” Quadrozzi said.[[In-content Ad]]
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