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Board approves updated county Emergency Operations Plan to maintain disaster funding eligibility
Summary
The board approved an updated Emergency Operations Plan, which county emergency management said is required to remain eligible for state and federal disaster funding and clarifies agency roles during hazards.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners approved an updated Emergency Operations Plan that county emergency management said is a required document to remain eligible for certain state and federal disaster funding and provides operational guardrails for county agencies during major incidents.
The emergency management director told the board the document outlines how county agencies will coordinate across a range of hazards and said agency standard operating procedures remain in place for daily operations. The director described the plan as largely an update of a template previously approved in 2019 and extended through 2023 and said there were no significant substantive changes for this version.
Commissioners asked whether individual police and fire departments must sign the plan. The director said the county plan is signed by the county and the sheriff’s department is the primary law‑enforcement agency for county response; township police and fire chiefs do not sign individually but the chiefs association may sign for the fire departments. The board voted to approve the plan after a motion and second; the plan will be signed by the chair and circulated to participating agencies.
The director said the plan helps ensure the county is eligible for hazard mitigation and federal reimbursement dollars should a disaster occur and that staff will take the approved plan to individual agencies for review and acknowledgement.
