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 FEMA Claims $2.2 Million Owed By Cajundome

(Lafayette, LA)  --  Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel says local officials will appeal the findings of a federal audit that show the Cajundome owes FEMA more than two million million dollars it received from the agency for housing Katrina and Rita evacuees.  The Cajundome received $8 million for sheltering thousands of evacuees, but FEMA wants the facility to repay $2.2 million it charged for usage fees, saying the money is not eligible for reimbursement.  The usage fees are intended to compensate for revenue lost because of cancelled events.  Lafayette Consolidated Government already plans to repay FEMA more than $1 million that was never spent on hurricane recovery.  Cajundome Director Greg Davis says FEMA recently paid 68-thousand dollars in usage fees upfront when the facility housed 500 FEMA personnel who were working in this area during hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and says the agency is being contradictory by denying usage fees associated with Katrina and Rita.


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