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Property assessor recommends full-time floodplain administrator as county grapples with recovery
Summary
Property assessor Maci Reed told commissioners her office has completed substantial-damage reviews and recommends creating a full-time floodplain administrator position; she offered an internal candidate and asked for a workshop to decide where the function should sit.
Maci Reed, the county property assessor who has also been serving as floodplain coordinator, told the Cocke County Board of Commissioners that her office has completed field reviews of storm damage and recommended creating a full-time floodplain administrator position to maintain compliance and speed recovery.
Reed said her team of field workers completed 216 substantial-damage reviews and entered those records into FEMA’s tracking tool before the meeting. She reported 52 structures were completely destroyed and 39 were substantially damaged but still standing. Reed said her staff has also issued development permits for repairs, rebuilds and new construction where appropriate.
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