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Emergency management proposes converting county facilities into regional EOC; commissioners ask for time to review
Summary
Klamath County emergency management proposed dedicating Vandenberg and Summers Lane facilities as a county EOC and revenue-generating incident base to reduce a $78,657 general-fund burden; commissioners asked for three weeks to review the plan and financing options.
Klamath County emergency management presented a proposal July 1 to convert county-owned facilities into a more-capable emergency operations center (EOC) and to use rental income from incident management teams and tenants to reduce the county’s general-fund burden.
Ian Thigpen, Klamath County emergency manager, told commissioners the county’s current general-fund burden for capital outlay in emergency management is roughly $78,657 per year. He proposed moving emergency operations into the county-owned Vandenberg facility and dedicating the top floor as an EOC. Thigpen said the county could rent…
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