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Council adopts 2025 Emergency Operations Support Plan to align Clawson with county response
Summary
Council adopted the 2025 Emergency Operations Support Plan, which documents responsibilities with Oakland County Emergency Management, adds required signatories, and updates public-information and damage-assessment roles.
The Clawson City Council voted on Sept. 16 to adopt the 2025 City of Clawson Emergency Operations Support Plan, a supporting document to the Oakland County Emergency Operations Plan. The plan updates contact information, requires signatures on each section, and adds staff roles to essential support functions.
City staff member Mister Reker presented the plan, saying the city elected to be incorporated into the Oakland County Emergency Management Program and that the support plan identifies responsibilities regarding pre‑disaster emergency management activities. He told the council the document is a supporting template to be used in conjunction with the county plan.
Police/department staff (identified in the meeting as Chief Kelly Boss) and other department heads reviewed and signed their sections this year, Reker said. The administration added the city’s communications specialist to the public-information function and included the finance director under finance. The plan also added a local direction-of-control item for damage assessment and named the building official and community-development staff in that section.
Council members asked how the plan is used in practice. Chief Boss explained the plan follows the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is intended as a flexible template. He said Clawson activates a unified command (usually the police and fire chiefs) and assigns supporting functions; if an incident exceeds local capacity staff notify Oakland County Emergency Management, which activates its Emergency Operations Center and coordinates resources.
Staff told the council that police, fire and public works have conducted tabletop exercises in the last two years using this plan and that the county runs larger tabletop trainings every few years. Staff proposed requiring people named in the plan to attend recommended NIMS courses; several department heads already have. The council approved the resolution by roll call.
Ending: Staff will implement the signed plan sections, pursue scheduled exercises that include department heads, and retain annexes and department-level procedures that support the plan.
