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Council adopts emergency lodging and meal-support policy to document town practice, aid reimbursement efforts

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Summary

Council adopted a personnel‑policy addition formalizing the town’s practice of providing lodging and meals for staff, mutual‑aid responders and volunteers during declared emergencies, to support reimbursement claims to FEMA or other agencies.

The Town Council on Aug. 11 approved an amendment to the personnel policy manual creating an emergency lodging and meal support policy that formalizes the town’s prior practice of providing lodging and food to staff, mutual aid responders, contractors and volunteers during major emergencies.

Assistant Town Manager Jessica Trotter told council the practice dates to pre‑positioning staff and partners during major storms and that…

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