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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChuckWhite
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-5602(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4""Street912-576-0448(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569camdenema@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
CamdenCountyEMAAwardedGrant
forAMRadioStations
WOODBINE,Ga.October24,2022AttheirOctober18,2022,regularmeeting,the
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CamdenCountyBoardofCommissionersaccepteda$60,178.50grantfromtheGeorgia
EmergencyManagementAgency(GEMA)HazardMitigationGrantProgram(HMGP)forthe
purchaseofportableAMRadioStations.
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AMRadioStationswillbeusedasneededto
broadcastspecificemergencymanagementFromLeft:CommissionerTrevorReaddick,RadioSystem
andallhazardsnotifications.ObtainingtheAdministratorBillCarreira,CommissionerLannieBrant,EMA
grantStationsDirectorChuckWhite,ChairmanGaryBlount,Grants
andpurchasi:ngtheAMRadi:o:
ManagerJulieHaigler,Vice-ChairBenCasey,Commissioner
werepartofCamdenCounty’s2022-2027-ChuckClark,andEMADeputyDirectorTroyJohnson
2037StrategicPlan.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKTREVORREADDICKGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5