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County renews agreement to participate in Georgia Search and Rescue team; no-cost, five-year term
Summary
County staff moved to renew the county's participation in the regional Georgia Search and Rescue team under an agreement with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA). The five-year renewal was described as no-cost and non-obligatory for deployment; staff recommended approval.
County officials moved to renew an agreement with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) for Columbia County to continue participating in the regional Georgia Search and Rescue team. The presenter said the renewal covers a five-year term, carries no cost to the county, and does not obligate the county to deploy the team.
The presenter described the regional team as historically not deployed in the speaker—s experience and said recent reorganizing at the county operations center will include shared leadership and potential access to state-provided search-and-rescue equipment. Staff recommended approval and the item was moved to the consent agenda and seconded.
The transcript does not include a roll-call vote or a member-by-member tally. The presenter said that participation is voluntary, there is no deployment obligation, and staff recommended renewing the agreement; the meeting record does not specify next administrative steps or which county office will manage participation.
