More FEMA reimbursement funds are expected in Marshall County as more paperwork is being evaluated from the historic flood event in February.
Marshall County EMA Director Clyde Avery said FEMA officials are still wading through information.
“FEMA has provided approximately $350,000 in individual assistance to homeowners that were impacted,” explained Avery. “That money went directly to the homeowners and didn’t go to any other organizations. On the public assistance side, we’ve only seen a reimbursement amount of $13,177.15, but there are still some outstanding projects from the surveyor’s office and I know Jason [Peters, Highway Supervisor] still has some projects that are under consideration. So, hopefully we’ll be seeing some more money come in for those projects as well.”
The amount requested about $1 million.
Avery will be attending a FEMA individual and public assistance training course next week.
“I thought it might be beneficial to attend this to try and get a little more clarification on what they’re looking for prior to having an event occur so we’re not scrambling trying to put all of the pieces in place. One, I don’t think it’s fair to us and it’s not fair to the department heads who have other projects that they’re trying to work on at the same time they’ve got to gather all the documentation that they need to submit for reimbursement.”
The training course will be held in Rochester and the commissioners unanimously approved Avery’s request to attend the training.
