Keizer staff told the council Dec. 9 that the city's emergency operations plan has been revised, training levels have improved across staff and partners, and Marion County-funded consulting assistance will be used to finalize the plan.

Staff said the city made clerical and people-focused edits and sought county grant-funded consultant help; the county's emergency managers told staff that the proposed edits "are really about people and clerical edits" and that, provided the city understands the changes, the plan is in acceptable shape. Staff said Marion County exhausted an initial funding round but was refunded and Keizer is expected to be next in line for assistance.

Councilors asked what the public would see. Staff replied adopted elements will be published but some material can remain protected from public posting depending on content. Staff also described training expectations for elected officials: the council should take the updated FEMA incident-command classes (100, 200, 700 — policy-focused curricula are available) and staff said training records are tracked and reported to the county.

Staff noted the city recently reviewed physical emergency supplies and identified practical needs; remaining steps include finalizing physical preparedness (operational space, stored supplies) after consultant review. Councilors discussed whether elements should be made public once adopted and how onboarding should include required training.

Provenance:
Topic intro: "And then our emergency operations plan. We made some edits, really early after I got here, and, we're kind of proceeding towards adoption of those." (block_1749.8451)
Topic finish: "Chief Teague wrapped up a long revamp of it in 02/2009, and, it was really good shape, when he kinda left there for Dallas... But that was kinda last update, so we're in a good place now." (block_2334.77)