Gwinnett County will ask for as much as $2.5 million in federal and state grants to help cover the cost of cleaning up after Tropical Storm Irma.
Irma struck parts of Florida and Georgia over several days in September. In Gwinnett, it knocked down hundreds of trees and utility lines and left tens of thousands without power.
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Gwinnett’s chief financial officer, Maria Woods, estimated Tuesday that just shy of $2.2 million of the money the county spent recovering from the storm was eligible for reimbursement. The county’s Board of Commissioners then voted to request up to $2.5 million in public assistance grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.
The wiggle room is “just in case there are other costs that we identify ... during the process,” Woods said.
The county is eligible to seek reimbursement for money spent on things like debris removal, “emergency protective measures” and utilities, officials said.
