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Finance committee forwards natural disaster recovery task force resolution to council after unanimous vote

City of Roswell Finance Committee · November 20, 2025

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Summary

The committee approved an amended resolution to create a five‑person priority task force to guide long‑term flood recovery and resilience work, adding reporting requirements and clarifying coordination with other jurisdictions; the committee voted 5‑0 to send the amended resolution to full council.

A draft resolution to create a long‑term natural disaster recovery task force was presented, debated and advanced to the full City Council after the finance committee approved an amended version.

The sponsor told the committee the proposal is modeled on FEMA’s natural disaster recovery framework and is intended to bridge long recovery cycles — often 10–15 years — so successive elected bodies and staff retain institutional knowledge and continuity. The sponsor said the task force would focus on preparedness, mitigation, recovery and resilience and would be community‑driven and coordinate with state, county and federal partners.

Committee members debated task‑force size and transparency. Several members supported maintaining a small core membership (sponsor favored five persons) to preserve effectiveness, while other members urged stronger reporting provisions. After discussion the committee added language requiring the task force to keep minutes and present progress reports following each meeting to the governing body, with an expectation that the task force would at least report quarterly.

One councilor stressed the need to coordinate beyond city boundaries because much of the flood run‑off originates on non‑city land, noting the city will need county and state collaboration to address channel repair and upstream drainage. The sponsor said those intergovernmental roles are included in the FEMA guidance the resolution references.

The committee moved and seconded the amended resolution and approved it unanimously (vote recorded as 5‑0), forwarding the item to the full council for final action.