Item:
Title
Approval of Capital Project Amendment No.25CPA042 Recognizing $637,195.00 in Community Project Grant Funding (CFP) for the Emergency Operations Center & Backup 911 Capital Project (47302635DC158)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 9, 2025
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve Capital Project Amendment No.25CPA042 recognizing $637,195.00 in Community Project Grant Funding (CPF) for the Emergency Operations Center & Backup 911 Capital Project (47302635DC158).
Durham County Capital Projects
Current Budget
Increase/Decrease
Updated Budget
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) & Backup 911 Capital Project (4730C158)
$5,600,000.00
$637,195.00
$6,237,195.00
As part of the annual appropriation process, Congress provides funding directly for specific projects within communities based on requests submitted by individual Senators or Representatives. These earmarks, referred to as Community Project Funding (CPF), are approved under an authorized grant program selected by Congress at the start of the appropriation process. Each year, the County's Congressional representatives contact the County to seek proposals for projects to be funded through the following year's appropriation cycle. Because these earmarks represent opportunities to obtain external funding for important projects, the County endeavors to select and submit several proposals each year for consideration.
Durham County submitted a proposal in FY2023 for funding for design services for the Durham County Emergency Operations Center project through the Department of Homeland Security's Emergency Operations Center Grant Program.
The EOC grants are intended to improve emergency management and preparedness capabilities by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure, strategically located, and fully interoperable EOCs with a focus on addressing identified deficiencies and needs. According to the National Fire Protection Association, an EOC is defined as a "facility ...
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