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CAO gives preliminary $62M response, $220M infrastructure estimate for Jan 2025 fire and windstorm; committee OKs quarterly recovery reporting
Summary
The City Administrative Officer presented preliminary damage estimates for the Jan. 20, 2025 fire and windstorm event and the Budget and Finance Committee instructed the CAO to produce quarterly written reports on fiscal recovery. The CAO warned of borrowing needs and uncertainty around FEMA reimbursement.
The City Administrative Officer's office on Feb. 18 told the Budget and Finance Committee that initial response costs for the Jan. 20, 2025 fire and windstorm event are roughly $62,000,000, with structural and infrastructure damage currently estimated at about $220,000,000.
Patty Huber of the CAO's office provided the presentation and summary figures, saying, "As of Friday, we are currently estimating that our response costs have reached around 62,000,000. Our structural infrastructure damage is now around 220,000,000." She and other CAO officials cautioned these numbers are preliminary…
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