Emergency-management coordinator outlines shared-services plan with neighboring counties

Sean Snyder, the county’s Emergency Management Coordinator, told supervisors he is in late-stage discussions to provide shared emergency-management services to neighboring counties, starting with Howard County and potentially Chickasaw County. "We have verbal agreements between Winneshiek County Emergency Management and Howard County Emergency Management for me to share myself with them," Snyder said, explaining the model: a local boots-on-the-ground responder handles typical incidents and Snyder would be available for region-level coordination and larger incidents.