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Sumner council affirms December flood emergency after detailed staff briefing
Summary
City administrators told the council the December flood was "unlike any" in decades and detailed emergency operations, sandbagging, Hesco walls and mutual-aid support; council confirmed the mayor's emergency proclamation and set a formal termination date.
Sumner’s City Council on Jan. 5 confirmed Mayor Bowman’s December emergency proclamation after a detailed presentation on the city’s flood response.
City Administrator Jason Wilson told the council the December event "was unlike any flood that our city has experienced in the last 30 plus years," saying the Army Corps of Engineers warned of unprecedented releases from Mud Mountain Dam and the city had to operate its emergency operations center nearly 24 hours a day for almost two weeks. Wilson described tactical responses including installing roughly 1,500 feet of temporary Hesco flood…
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