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Woodstock Select Board adopts 2025 hazard mitigation plan; FEMA approval cited
Summary
The Town of Woodstock Select Board voted July 15, 2025, to adopt the town2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, a step the board said will preserve eligibility for certain federal mitigation funds and require annual reporting on action-item progress.
The Town of Woodstock Select Board on July 15, 2025 adopted the town's 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, a document the board said has received Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approval and that the town must maintain to remain eligible for some federal mitigation funding.
Adoption of the plan follows public and committee meetings held between April 2024 and Dec. 17, 2024 and formalizes recommended actions to reduce risk from natural hazards, the board's resolution stated. "The plan is now adopted as an official plan of the town of Woodstock," the board read during the meeting.
Why it matters: The board's resolution directs officials named in the plan to pursue assigned mitigation actions and adopts required planned maintenance and revision procedures under federal guidance, which the board cited as 44 C.F.R. ' 201.6. The emergency management director was directed to present an annual report to the select board on progress toward the plan's action items.
Board members and staff outlined the adoption process during the meeting: the plan was drafted, posted for public comment, public comments were catalogued and responses prepared, and an official signature page was included for the select board and the plan's president. The document will be kept on the conservation commission website and a hard copy will be placed in the town office; the plan is scheduled for revision at least every five years.
At the meeting a board member moved to adopt the plan and to authorize office staff to have the town administrative assistant sign the document in the town office when available. The motion carried with the board stating "all in favor." The resolution lists July 15, 2025 as the adoption date.
The meeting record shows the board read the resolution language that summarized why the plan was needed, referenced the FEMA approval status, and codified the responsibilities of officials listed in the plan. The board did not attach a specific project funding decision to the adoption during the meeting; it instead adopted the plan that will make the town eligible to pursue future mitigation funding under applicable federal programs.
The board concluded by adopting the resolution and authorizing the town administrative assistant to sign the plan in the office.
