July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
County will wait longer for grant $$ (10/02/06)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
It looks like Jay County will have to wait a while before it is able to purchase security equipment for the courthouse.
Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management, told Jay County Commissioners today a state-distributed homeland security grant program has "run out of money."
"We're back to square one," he told Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr.
Frazee explained to commissioners a few weeks ago that each county in the state was eligible to receive $50,000 through the Department of Homeland Security to purchase equipment to undertake tighter security at courthouses.
"State officials said they had a better, bigger response than planned," he said about the lack of funding available in this round.
"The grant's not dead, it just didn't make this round."
Frazee said he would be re-applying to receive the money that is expected to purchase a portable metal detector that can be used at courtroom entries during high-profile cases, along with other security equipment.
Frazee also told commissioners Jay County is now National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.
"As of 12:30 p.m. Saturday we're green," he said.
Frazee said he had problems getting the reports to the state and after hand delivering them to state officials last week they said later in the week "they had not received the reports. I don't know what else I can do." Frazee received notification on Saturday that the requirements had been met.
NIMS, a federal program, provides training to all emergency officials as well as all elected officials throughout the county in the event of a disaster.
Commissioners today also heard Bob Brelsford, superintendent of the Portland wastewater treatment plant, express concern about an alley just east of the location where a county-owned building was torn down on West Walnut Street.
Brelsford questioned commissioners about filling in a part of the alley that caved in.
"The asphalt cracked over the sewer line," he explained, and commissioners said work to correct the problem was to begin today.
The alley is located between the now-demolished building and the Ritz Theatre.[[In-content Ad]]
Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management, told Jay County Commissioners today a state-distributed homeland security grant program has "run out of money."
"We're back to square one," he told Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr.
Frazee explained to commissioners a few weeks ago that each county in the state was eligible to receive $50,000 through the Department of Homeland Security to purchase equipment to undertake tighter security at courthouses.
"State officials said they had a better, bigger response than planned," he said about the lack of funding available in this round.
"The grant's not dead, it just didn't make this round."
Frazee said he would be re-applying to receive the money that is expected to purchase a portable metal detector that can be used at courtroom entries during high-profile cases, along with other security equipment.
Frazee also told commissioners Jay County is now National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.
"As of 12:30 p.m. Saturday we're green," he said.
Frazee said he had problems getting the reports to the state and after hand delivering them to state officials last week they said later in the week "they had not received the reports. I don't know what else I can do." Frazee received notification on Saturday that the requirements had been met.
NIMS, a federal program, provides training to all emergency officials as well as all elected officials throughout the county in the event of a disaster.
Commissioners today also heard Bob Brelsford, superintendent of the Portland wastewater treatment plant, express concern about an alley just east of the location where a county-owned building was torn down on West Walnut Street.
Brelsford questioned commissioners about filling in a part of the alley that caved in.
"The asphalt cracked over the sewer line," he explained, and commissioners said work to correct the problem was to begin today.
The alley is located between the now-demolished building and the Ritz Theatre.[[In-content Ad]]
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