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Risk management: FEMA repairs, alternate project request and injury trends
Summary
Risk management briefed the board that barn demolitions tied to FEMA recovery are underway, the county will request an alternate project to reallocate some FEMA funds toward a new secondary road shop, and OSHA recordables stand at 39 year-to-date (compared with 37 last year).
Steve Esison, Risk Management Director, told the board barn demolition work funded by FEMA is in full swing and that sites must be backfilled and seeded in spring as part of project closeout. Once the sites are completed, he said the county will work with Planning on property disposition and potential sale dates.
Esison described an "alternate project" request to ask FEMA to allow the county to redirect some of the federal share of funds from damaged barn projects toward a county project (the proposed secondary road shop). "It's not dollar for dollar," Esison said, explaining that FEMA funding from the derecho was 90% federal and 10% state and that the county may use a portion of the federal share for alternate projects; he said he will present detailed numbers when demolition costs are final.
On employee safety, Esison reported last calendar year finished with 37 OSHA recordables and the county is at 39 year-to-date; he plans a January or February presentation to the board reviewing severity and department-level trends and to highlight reductions in certain departments after policy changes.
Why it matters: FEMA approvals and alternate-project decisions determine whether damaged-structure funds can be repurposed for county capital needs; workplace injury trends inform policy and training priorities.
