The Grant County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to fold the county’s Department of Emergency Management into the County Sheriff’s Office.
The integration of the two offices “will allow for sustained and consistently coordinated operations during emergencies,” according to Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones.
The merger, which does not involve the county’s 911 service, would fold the one-person emergency management department into the 116-person sheriff’s office, providing emergency management with more resources and giving more people access to the things emergency management can do.