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Council adopts county hazard mitigation plan update, casts appraisal board votes and presses sewer contractor to finish work
Summary
Bruceville-Eddy council unanimously adopted the McLennan County hazard mitigation plan update to maintain eligibility for FEMA mitigation funding, cast appraisal-district board votes, and pressed a sewer contractor over unfinished work, directing follow-up and scheduling the engineer for the next meeting.
The Bruceville-Eddy City Council on Nov. 13 adopted a countywide hazard mitigation plan update that county and city officials say is necessary to pursue FEMA mitigation grants for storm and disaster hardening.
Tim Jeske, deputy emergency management coordinator for Waco and McLennan County, briefed the council on the plan and described how adoption enables access to mitigation funding for projects like safe rooms, hardened infrastructure and bridge replacement. "FEMA's not gonna help you with additional cost unless you have a hazard mitigation plan," Jeske told the council, explaining…
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