(Grant funds to be used for a new Emergency Operations Center)....The US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Westmorland a $2,737,500 grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program.

Congressman Doctor Raul Ruiz also announced the City was awarded an additional $1.1 million grant through Congressionally Directed Spending Community Project Funds. The combined almost $4 million will be used to remodel an existing building and construct additional facilities to establish a new Emergency Operations Center that will house the City's Fire and Police Departments.