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Burke County signs state memorandum to speed storm debris removal, avoiding county project management exposure
Summary
The Board authorized the county chair to execute a memorandum of agreement with North Carolina Emergency Management to manage private-property, commercial and waterway debris removal from Tropical Storm Elaine damage; commissioners voted 5-0.
Burke County commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement with the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management to let the state act as project manager for higher-risk debris removal related to Tropical Storm Elaine, including private-property debris removal (PPDR), commercial-property debris removal and waterway debris removal.
County staff and the county manager briefed the board on recovery progress and remaining tasks. The county manager said crews had completed most right-of-way collection and that using a state-managed MOA would reduce the…
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