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BOOK <br />, 9:1 PiUF 952 <br />every homeowner's, mobile homeowner's, tenant homeowner's, and <br />condominium unit owner's policy, and an annual $4.00 nonrefundable <br />surcharge imposed on every commercial fire, commercial multiple <br />peril, and business owner's property insurance policy, issued or <br />renewed. <br />The Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency <br />Management, recently completed the rulemaking and contract <br />development processes regarding county base funding from the <br />Emergency Management, Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund. <br />This is the grant fund that Florida Division of Emergency Management <br />Director Joe Myers and his staff was referring to during his <br />presentation at the Public Officials Conference for Indian River <br />County, which was held on February 11, 1994, for all local elected <br />and appointed officials. <br />Indian River County has received the above referenced contract <br />specifying that $70,424 in matching funds is available based on a <br />formula prescribed by law and detailed in Rule Chapter 9G-19, Florida <br />Administrative Code, and by certification of the County to employ and <br />maintain a full-time Emergency Management Director. Although a total <br />of $71,924 was allocated to Indian River County, a deduction of <br />$1,500 has been made by the state for communications costs per <br />Section 9G-19.005 (3), Florida Administrative Code. <br />Staff proposes to use the grant funds for the following purposes: <br />1. Create a new Emergency Management position (Planner or <br />Deputy Coordinator) classified as an exempt grade E-7 with <br />a salary range of $23,295 - $35,465. Additional expenses <br />related to the position include benefits of $8,250 (30%) <br />and vehicle allowance of $3,300 for an estimated total of <br />$39,050 in personnel costs funded 100% by the recurring <br />grant. It is anticipated that a mid-range salary ($27,500) <br />will be required to obtain an individual with EM skills. <br />2. Office furniture and equipment for new position $1,500. <br />3. Purchase three (3) fax machines at $400 each or $1,200 for <br />use in the fax network related to notifying public safety <br />entities/ schools in the county of emergencies and severe <br />weather conditions. One fax machine would replace a <br />Panafax model purchased in 1986 and the other two would be <br />additional fax machines so incoming messages could be <br />received while faxing emergency information to agencies or <br />organizations noted above. <br />4. Purchase two (2) lap top computers with data modem at <br />$5,000 each or $10,000. The computers would be used for <br />the most part in a field environment completing SARA Title <br />III requirements for the approximately one hundred <br />hazardous material sites in the county as well as in field <br />emergencies situations when the emergency services duty <br />officer is called out after hours and on weekends. <br />5. Purchase one video projector $2,500 for use in the <br />Emergency Operations Center. The projector would also be <br />used in various training environments and available for use <br />in meetings and emergency services presentations to the <br />public at various locations throughout the county. <br />6. Purchase one wide screen television ($3,000) for use in the <br />Emergency Operations Center. The large screen television <br />would also be used for meetings and presentations when a <br />small screen television is unsuitable for large crowds in <br />the conference room. <br />50 <br />