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Council adopts updated Emergency Management Plan with clarified roles and fund language
Summary
Council approved an updated all‑hazards Emergency Management Plan that clarifies roles (emergency management coordinator and liaison), updates department annexes, and clarifies contingency fund language and statutory responsibilities for the city.
Captain Chris Tinney presented the city’s updated Emergency Management Plan, describing it as an administrative but necessary update to clarify roles, contact information, department annexes and statutory responsibilities.
Tinney told council the plan was revised to align department annexes with FEMA emergency support functions for interoperability with Allegan and Ottawa County emergency managers, to update contacts and clarify the mayor’s role in appointing the emergency management coordinator and liaison, and to define the city’s emergency contingency fund with the finance director’s input.
Council unanimously moved to approve the updated plan. Captain Tinney said the plan is an “all hazardous” approach and that every city department has responsibilities defined in annexes.
What happens next: the adopted plan will guide city response coordination with counties and regional partners, and departments will use annex roles during exercises and in a real incident.
