Emergency Response

COVID-19 Emergency Response - $22 Million

This Phase I allocation supported the City's response to COVID-19 in two key areas:

1. Delivering essential community services to reduce the pandemic's impact, including:
   • Operating COVID-19 testing sites
   • Conducting contact tracing
   • Providing vaccine incentives to slow the spread of the virus
2. Ensuring the City's workforce had proper personal protective equipment, could easily obtain COVID-19 testing and had access to the vaccine.

Emergency Preparedness - $13.7 Million

This Phase II allocation is being used for the following:

• To equip public safety facilities with emergency generators
• Enhance the Emergency Operations Center
• Purchase emergency equipment
• Obtain sheltering supplies for resiliency centers
• Distribute elevation certificates for homes in the flood-prone Palm Heights area

Funding was made available beginning in FY 2024 through a reallocation from the COVID-19 Emergency Response program and is augmented with City funds.