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County engages EMA consultant; commissioners move to discuss EMA staffing and compensation in executive session
Summary
Former Paulding County EMA director Ed Bowen briefed commissioners on emergency management functions, FEMA funding uncertainty and the need for proactive local planning; the board then voted to go into an executive session to discuss compensation and an interim director for EMA.
The Williams County Board of Commissioners invited Ed Bowen, a former emergency management director in Paulding County, to brief the board on county emergency management needs and options for staffing and administration.
Bowen summarized his experience rebuilding emergency management plans, mitigation documents and local emergency planning committees (LEPCs) and told commissioners that the most effective EMA programs proactively engage the public and partner…
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