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Board retires Emergency Preparedness Council; staff directed to report back on community engagement in 3–6 months
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about the Emergency Preparedness Council’s role and community engagement, county commissioners voted 4–0 to retire the advisory council and asked staff to return in three to six months with a plan for transitioning community engagement and volunteer coordination.
Clackamas County commissioners voted April 8 to retire the county’s Emergency Preparedness Council (EPC) and directed staff to return in three to six months with plans for how the county will continue community engagement and channel volunteer expertise into preparedness and response work.
Daniel Nybauer, director of Disaster Management, presented staff’s recommendation to retire the EPC. The council had formed after the 2020 wildfires and the 2021 winter storm in response to increased community interest in emergency planning and response. Nybauer said the EPC began with 15 voting members and several ex‑officio participants, but the group…
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