WUSF | By Meghan Bowman
Legislators approved $250 million for the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Some will go toward hurricane relief, but a large portion will pay vendors for completed work at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The state’s emergency coffers are nearly empty. The Florida Division of Emergency Management has about $6.4 million in reserves as of July 1.
About an hour before the Joint Legislative Budget Commission meeting on Sept. 11, newly appointed division Interim Director Jared Perdue gave lawmakers the report outlining the agency’s budget — it was due July 15.
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