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Roanoke County supervisors pull pre-disaster mitigation plan from consent agenda over data questions
Summary
The board removed Item F5 (the regional pre-disaster mitigation plan) from the consent agenda after a supervisor flagged apparent population-data discrepancies and differing hazard rankings; staff will review data with the regional planning commission and report back in two weeks.
During the Jan. 27 meeting, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors removed the regional pre-disaster mitigation plan (agenda item F5) from the consent agenda after supervisors raised concerns about apparent data errors and inconsistent hazard rankings.
Supervisor Mahoney said he discovered a likely error in the demographic tables showing "11,478" residents ages 5 to 19 in the town of Vinton, a locality whose…
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