CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: June 13, 2024
Agenda Date: July 9, 2024
Prepared By: Rebecca Bowman, CGFO, CGFM, Finance Director
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Approval to Participate in the Florida Department of Emergency Management's F-ROC Program for FY2025; Approval to delegate authority for the City Manager to Opt-In to the F-ROC Program for FY2025 via Resolution #2024-060.
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BACKGROUND:
The Florida Department of Emergency Management (FDEM) created the F-ROC (Florida Recovery Obligation Calculation) program in 2023. This program will provide advance funding for disasters up to 80% of the estimated damages, dependent upon scoring achieved by meeting requirements of the program. The City Council approved participation in the program for the FY2024 year. Florida governmental entities must opt-in to the program each year to participate in the program. During the open enrollment period, entities have the opportunity to improve their scores to get to the maximum 80% funding. The award of the money is risk-based, meaning the higher the score, the less risk the recipient carries. An entity achieving an 80% score has policies and procedures in place that reduce the risk that they claim non-eligible costs related to a disaster and demonstrates that the entity understands federal grant requirements. The City earned a score of 60% so far for FY2024. Additional points can be awarded upon completion of a post-disaster questionnaire to get to the 80% score. Each entity that wants to participate in the program must train on the F-ROC program each year and opt-in through the F-ROC website. The opt-in period for FY2025 began July 1, 2024 and closes August 31, 2024.
Staff is requesting City Council approval to participate in the F-ROC program for FY2025. Staff is also requesting approval of Resolution #2024-060 to delegate authority to execute F-ROC forms to the City Manager for FY2025.
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