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Depoe Bay committee outlines supplies order from roughly $30,000 cache
Summary
Committee members said they have about $30,000 remaining in their emergency-supplies budget and plan an initial order of totes and equipment, with volunteers to pack and distribute caches across island neighborhoods.
The Depoe Bay Emergency Preparedness Committee said it has roughly $30,000 remaining in its cache budget and plans to use the funds to buy storage totes and supplies for community caches.
A committee member said the group is considering an initial order of 24–30 heavy-duty totes (a six-pack of a specified model is about $112) and will purchase other items from Valerie’s donated list and a prioritized shopping list. The committee agreed to order an initial batch of gear soon to avoid summer heat delays and to schedule packing and distribution events when the supplies arrive.
Members reviewed an inventory of donated items and proposed purchases and discussed practical items to include in caches: cooking utensils with lids, scrub brushes, crescent wrenches, box cutters, duct tape, hammers, rechargeable radios (not the barrel radios), first-aid equipment, and body bags (the budget line for body bags was noted as part of the cache budget). Committee members said they will test a 30-unit initial tote order and reorder if needed.
Committee members asked two volunteers to combine Valerie’s donated items with purchased supplies and to run a small packing session. Staff confirmed the city’s procurement and budgetary rules apply and that large purchases should be coordinated with city staff.
The committee did not vote on a final purchase list but agreed on the approach: place an initial order, assemble caches with volunteers and report back to the full committee with photographs and a distribution plan.
