Wilsonville presented a full refresh of its Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) at the Jan. 5 work session, with staff saying the December 2025 document reorganizes response roles, defines functional annexes and reflects lessons from a recent nine‑month update process and tabletop exercise.

Public Works Operations Manager Martin Montalvo said the EOP converts the city’s emergency program into a three‑part structure — a basic plan, functional annexes and incident annexes — and “pulls together all the information that you would want to know about what to do, who’s gonna do what, and how during an emergency.” He described the document as an all‑hazards plan that integrates community lifelines and clarifies roles for the Emergency Operations Center and Incident Command support.

Councilors and staff described the scale of the update: the presentation noted the EOP draft is a comprehensive refresh and includes new, smaller functional annexes intended to make response roles more manageable. Montalvo and Public Works Director Delore Kerber said the document avoids naming individuals; instead it assigns responsibilities by position and builds three‑deep succession so the plan remains valid when people change jobs.

“Everything has a title or position,” Kerber said, explaining the switch from named contacts to position‑based roles to prevent the plan from becoming out of date when staff retire or move on.

Councilors praised the plan and asked staff for clarifications and follow‑up. Councilor Shevlin, who reviewed the document, suggested scenario testing for a plane crash near Charbonneau and raised concerns about how bridge failure could affect water and sewer systems. Kerber and Montalvo said those types of compound incidents were exercised in the recent tabletop and that the plan includes guidance to identify second‑ and third‑order effects.

Staff proposed moving from tabletop exercises to operational drills next year — exercises that would involve field deployments, equipment and 24‑hour staffing simulations — and recommended testing dual command locations to ensure continuity if a primary EOC is compromised. They also highlighted mutual‑aid arrangements, a stranded‑worker agreement with neighboring jurisdictions and coordinated relationships with county and state disaster management for health and human services response.

Council President Berry and other members asked that staff distribute the prior resolution and any legislative history so councilors can track past decisions and better assess proposed changes.

The city will return to council with follow‑up material and plans for operational exercises; staff said they plan a March 15 session to walk the council through the emergency declaration process and roles for partners.