Franklin County commissioners are hoping this may be the year the county gets money to build a new Emergency Management Office.
The current office at the Apalachicola airport is very old and is also in a flood zone. The county would like to build a new EOC possibly closer to the center of the county on Highway 65 but the county doesn’t have the money to do the work.
A recent grant application for funding, however, has been ranked 1st for a new emergency management office by the state Emergency Management Division who will now submit the application to the federal emergency Management Agency for funding.
The county will find out if it will get the money in September.
The grant could provide the county with a million dollars for construction as long as the county can provide a 25 percent match.
Emergency Management coordinator Mike Rundell warned the county commission not to get too excited yet because what they say and what they come through with are two different things. County planner Alan Pierce agreed adding that last year the county ranked second in the state and received no money for a new building.
County commissioners said they will try to help the process along by informing our legislative delegation of the high ranking so that they can put pressure on the right people to insure that Franklin County gets its money.
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