HomeMy WebLinkAboutfeinstein letterBOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ADMINISTRATION CENTER
25 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 20t? - OROVlLLE, CALIFORNIA 95965
TELEPHONE: (53D) 538-7631 '
BILL CONNELLY, Chair
First Dis#rict
JANE DOLAN
Second District
MAUREEN KIRK
Third District
STEVE LAMBERT. Vice Chair
Fourth District
KIM K. YAMAGUCHI
Fifth District
December 13, 2010
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Off ce Building
Washington D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Feinstein;
BOARb OF SEIPERVtSORS
DEC 1 ~ ~0~~
OROVlLLE, CAl.fFOftNfA
On behalf of the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the Butte County Fire Department, thank
you for the assistance your office provided during recent discussions with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) regarding our eligibility to receive funding from the Staffing for
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response {SAFER) grant program.
As you may recall, after awarding the County $2. i million in SAFER funding, FEMA questioned the
County's ability to receive the funding because of our long standing cooperative agreement with
.CAL FIRE. The FEMA legal office ultimately determined that the County was indeed eligible to
receive the funding and we are moving forward with the grant which will allows us to rehire eleven
critical fire f ghting personnel. This decision was not only tremendous news for Butte County but
far other California fire agencies that have cooperative agreements, with CAL FIRE.
Your support .and the work by Devin Rhinerson were. instrumental in our efforts to preserve the
SAFER grant funding. Thank you again.for helping us ensure #hat our citizens are well protected.
Sincerely,
Bill Connelly, Chairman
Butte County Board of Supervisors
cc: 'hers ~ e County Board of Supervisors
aul ,Butte County Chief Administrative Officer
orge Morris, Butte County Fire Chief