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Jackie Hubert, deputy adjutant general, and Jennifer Sheets, division chief for fiscal and admin services, explained that several positions were previously authorized with partial funding and are now being requested for full biennial funding. The requests included full-year funding for two previously partially funded custodial/maintenance positions for the Dickinson readiness center (which the Guard expects to hold a ribbon-cutting for in June), two full-time positions for the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery funded by a veterans-cemetery foundation (the foundation’s fundraising was described as active and supportive), and a custodial supervisor to meet the model for a readiness center of that size.

Hubert said the Dickinson readiness center will provide dedicated space for unit personnel and federal equipment previously housed in leased facilities, and that having the new site will help protect roughly $1 million in federal equipment. She said the unit is planning a ribbon-cutting in June or July.

On the veterans cemetery, Guard staff said the facility handles approximately 600 burials a year and currently has about 12,000 interments and that earlier state FTE authorizations date to 2012. The Guard asked for two FTEs for cemetery operations, describing prior reliance on temporary workers and volunteers. The cemetery positions would be paid from special funds associated with a Veterans Cemetery Foundation, and staff said the foundation planned fundraising campaigns and supported prior projects including a columbarium and a road project they estimate at about $700,000.

The committee also heard an update on Camp Grafton’s physical fitness facility, which staff said is expected to open in late fall or early winter and supports training and potential outside use by other agencies. The fitness center work was described as part of broader investments in training infrastructure and range expansion efforts at Camp Grafton South.

Representative Fisher asked whether owning facilities reduced lease costs; staff said they would return to the committee with a cost-comparison showing rent savings and other benefits such as secure storage for federal equipment and federal-state cost-share for ongoing maintenance.

Ending: The committee paused decisions pending follow-up materials on rent savings, FTE advertising timelines and details of the cemetery foundation’s funding commitments.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Jan 30, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Officials from the Office of the Adjutant General and the North Dakota National Guard told the House Appropriations subcommittee they need permanent staff and full funding for several newly authorized positions tied to the Dickinson readiness center, the veterans cemetery and Camp Grafton projects.","taxTitle","Appropriations - Government Operations Division, House of Representatives, Legislative, North Dakota","taxId",28887,"location","North Dakota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6359880,"Homeland Security asks lawmakers for ongoing website funding, disaster relief authority and staffing",1756,1099000,2855000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2175564-a8b473521ebc093aa53a8ba20c791371&start=1099&end=2855","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2175564-a8b473521ebc093aa53a8ba20c791371/thumbnail_1099000.jpg","/articles/6359880/North-Dakota/Homeland-Security-asks-lawmakers-for-ongoing-website-funding-disaster-relief-authority-and-staffing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6359880-4ae123b7024e129c03888cb83b5900e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168816&Signature=DgS2nQIK9EHMnMG2jul3iN6Bsvg7lplmF~VxQ39VKeDOrJSxGDpLQQp90NKb~0Hac8jbvy2W3AX3g9O9d4dXLsPUBT2KhAmC~OxS0h1zssz2q7Sb65TuvZQVT-JswSJ-hj1c7Anm7DXBlG8qrht3tL8S4VtmCc3H7wN-xtJh~mBrEjYfU-oT0X-TpP-IRE9Wga9AJY62GnB1Moh4qixPO5ZgFO-mxw4hjr4-ERqvXyTnGTE6-HIW3pbAPR7puzCCZt0CKTLcsAFvq-n4WlYlRar5dfO4v5cTbqT~KeHJJIeAzWdCFkjadGLrP7ZGdTFrF6iwaDeni9YTxVqZS3Wujg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During a hearing of the Appropriations - Government Operations Division, Homeland Security Division officials outlined five priority budget requests intended to sustain emergency operations and increase statewide mitigation capacity.

Darren Hanson, Homeland Security Division director at the Department of Emergency Services, told the committee the top requests include ongoing funding for the ND response website, an ongoing $2 million authority from the disaster relief fund, two full-time watch-center positions, federal authority to accept a pending FEMA STORM Act award and federal authority to spend excess grant funds on disaster response equipment.

The ND response website request is roughly $87,000 in general funds and would transfer operations that NDIT previously covered to the Department of Emergency Services. Hanson said the site hosts continuity-of-operations and recovery information and must be “very robust” to handle simultaneous statewide activity such as Silver and Amber alerts.

Hanson described the second priority as converting $2 million of disaster relief fund authority to ongoing authority. He said the fund has been used for responses including ice-jam and wildfire incidents, and that the division has spent roughly $120,000 of last biennium’s one-time funding and anticipates about $170,000 more this biennium for equipment repairs and personal protective items. When asked, Hanson said the disaster relief fund balance is “just under $25,000,000” now and projected to fall to about $17.3 million under current plans; committee members noted the statutory cap on the disaster relief fund sits at $20,000,000.

The division is also seeking funding for two watch-center FTEs to support a 24/7 operations model. Hanson said the center is currently staffed with temporary employees paid from grant funds, and that adding two permanent positions would help reach an industry standard staffing level of eight for continuous operations and reduce turnover.

On mitigation, the division described a federal STORM Act award of about $16,660,000 that it has not accepted because state matching authority is insufficient. Hanson said the legislature previously appropriated $1,000,000 of disaster relief fund authority as the state match; to accept the FEMA award the division says it needs an additional $1,660,000 from the disaster relief fund, bringing the total state match to roughly 10 percent. Hanson described the program as a revolving loan fund for mitigation projects (flood or water projects), modeled after longstanding EPA clean water loan programs, with terms likely around 1 percent interest for up to 20 years and potential administration fees.

The committee also heard a request for federal authority to spend up to about $660,000 to purchase disaster response equipment using excess federal grant funding that might otherwise be returned. Hanson said purchases would be phased into the agency warehouse and could include items such as shelf-stable meals and other equipment.

Finally, Hanson notified the committee that a recent wildfire received a federal disaster declaration. He said the administration expects federal authority of about $2,250,000 tied to that declaration and seeks a state match of roughly $300,000 from the disaster relief fund to access those federal dollars; Hanson described the figure as an estimate based on local reports and subject to change as claims are submitted.

The committee asked staff to provide additional detail on remaining grant balances and fund-line breakdowns; Hanson and members agreed to continue technical discussions and to bring detailed breakdowns back to the committee in the second-half of session.

Ending: Committee members reserved further decisions for later in session when final budget balances and grant details are available.","During a hearing of the Appropriations - Government Operations Division, Homeland Security Division officials outlined five priority budget requests intended to sustain emergency operations and increase statewide mitigation capacity.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6359875,"National Guard proposes next-generation leadership pilot with DPI to boost recruitment",669,3077000,3746000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2175564-a8b473521ebc093aa53a8ba20c791371&start=3077&end=3746","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2175564-a8b473521ebc093aa53a8ba20c791371/thumbnail_3077000.jpg","/articles/6359875/North-Dakota/National-Guard-proposes-next-generation-leadership-pilot-with-DPI-to-boost-recruitment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6359875-12a2f2e5c6ec210eac097a976a98dbff/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168816&Signature=d~6ZvcZrt7ijCZocF2kZdfl~KgrriYI3zXadqAjUafVivj6vq96bNHahmEQSSiBSPX7t-Zi9g55EhyhYFXl0UVbrSPYw1~YYB1cYooGRRnPrWUQ8oAWOsWVpeyd~y3hPlm-bVdlQDH0BRSPpvTBeMY6wodvcFfGwCqHsEzU-W448cErNckHZbR~XUmluc1hTx7kZH57DSgSiW2-01CO5-4fft7-lxQviwlLBeHQm2HSKmVxr-~QFbTFpDDSPvClG-1uTIr-q-BnyZd52Q0OKjBkfIdcx-fJMx6KvroOtA18o1G~UmBJ61g73ziP5ewLgjZDtbVdRGX0efV4VinA3fg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The North Dakota National Guard told the Appropriations - Government Operations Division it seeks two full-time positions to pilot an in-person version of a Next Generation Leadership program designed to expose high-school students to military and career options.

Jackie Hubert, deputy adjutant general for the North Dakota National Guard, said the pilot would build on a distance-learning course launched by the Center for Distance Education in January and add face-to-face instruction and recruiting-retention support in the Bismarck–Mandan area. “We were working in silos, but came together here in October,” Hubert said, describing collaboration between the Guard, the Center for Distance Education and the Department of Public Instruction.

Hubert noted that the guard’s recruiting pool is constrained: of roughly 91,000 people in the targeted 17-to-24 age cohort, only about 23 percent are eligible for military service nationwide after screening for medical, behavioral and legal disqualifiers. She said the combined eligibility and propensity metrics leave a much smaller recruitable population — “just under 1,600 folks” in the state — and that programs aimed at early exposure can increase interest and awareness among students.

Committee members asked whether the Guard still needs the two FTEs now that DPI is developing content. Hubert said the positions would support an in-person pilot in Bismarck–Mandan, with one staffer coordinating and one instructor, and that the pilot would test expansion to other communities that lack Junior ROTC programs. She said DPI had not yet committed FTEs to the effort.

Lawmakers suggested exploring cost-share options with school districts; Hubert said conversations with Bismarck Public Schools and DPI were ongoing but not finalized.

Ending: Committee members left the pilot on hold for further discussion, including questions about measures of success and potential cost-sharing arrangements.","The North Dakota National Guard asked for two FTEs to pilot an in-person module for the Next Generation Leadership program, expanding a distance-learning curriculum run by the Center for Distance Education and coordinating with the Department of Public Instruction.","actionData","errors"]

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National Guard outlines FTE and facility needs: Dickinson armory, veterans cemetery and Camp Grafton

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