IRWIN COUNTY COMMISSION

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Advocate for congressionally directed spending and community project funding for critically needed local needs with a federal nexus in FY2025 and FY2026 appropriation bills and continuing resolutions

LAW · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Advocate for congressionally directed spending and community project funding for critically needed local public safety needs with a federal nexus in FY2025 and FY2026 appropriation bills and continuing resolutions, including full body scanners and mobile telecommunication equipment and tower

HCR · Health Issues

Advocate for congressionally directed spending and community project funding for critically needed local needs with a federal nexus in FY2025 and FY2026 appropriation bills and continuing resolutions including facilities and equipment requests for public hospital; advocate for revision of Rural Emergency Hospital Act to allow REH designated facilities to utilize other existing federal programs such as Section 340(b) prescription drugs pricing and participation in Medicaid's disproportionate share payments; oppose draconian cuts to Medicaid funding for low income, disabled, children, and seniors in local community

HOM · Homeland Security

Advocate for congressionally directed spending and community project funding for critically needed local public safety needs with a federal nexus in FY2025 and FY2026 appropriation bills and continuing resolutions, including full body scanners for local detention facility utilized for federal immigration inmates and mobile telecommunication equipment and tower; advocate for pre-disaster mitigation funding for use in local detention facilities

UTI · Utilities

Advocate for congressionally directed spending and community project funding for critically needed local water system needs with a federal nexus in FY2025 and FY2026 appropriation bills and continuing resolutions, including SCADA system and infrastructure improvements