Montgomery County Commissioners met this morning for their regular weekly meeting. Public Works Coordinator, Jim Wright, reported on the status of the City of Independence having well above the minimum of $134,080 for receiving disaster relief assistance. County Emergency Management Director, Rick Whitson, reported that the county also is over the threshold by about $2M at about $6.7M.

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management conducted Preliminary Damage Assessments in about 43 counties of the 63 total declared counties. FEMA has validated 24 of them. According to a report from state emergency, the goal is to assess enough damage to get each of the 63 counties to meet their threshold, and they anticipate that it will be a state-led disaster meaning the state will complete all projects with possible occasional assistance from FEMA.

Stay tuned to the Mighty 690 AM for updates as the county receives more information.