Tropical Storm Debby

We determined the County has established policies, procedures, and business practices to properly account for and expend FEMA Public Assistance grant funds.  Therefore, if the County adheres to those policies, procedures, and business practices, FEMA has reasonable assurance that the County will properly manage the estimated $55.4 million in FEMA project funding awarded for replacement of the facility.

For the projects we reviewed, we identified $1,771,894 (Federal share $1,328,921) of costs that FEMA should disallow.  We recommended that Regional Administrator, FEMA Region IV, disallow $1,771,894 of ineligible costs and direct the Florida Division of Emergency Management to monitor the County’s performance for compliance with Federal grant requirements on open projects.