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Cumberland County board approves first reading of emergency management ordinance amendments, adds commissioner notification
Summary
The board voted on Feb. 3 to adopt on first reading amendments to section 5-9 of the Cumberland County Emergency Management Ordinance to restore pre-2020 proclamation procedures and require the clerk to send proclamations to each commissioner as soon as possible; a second reading is required.
Cumberland County commissioners voted on Feb. 3 to adopt, on first reading, amendments to section 5-9 of the county’s Emergency Management Ordinance that restore pre‑March 2020 proclamation procedures and add a formal notification requirement for commissioners.
County Attorney Rick Morfield told the board the revisions remove emergency-era language added during 2020 and return the proclamation process "the way it was, before March 2020." He said the changes respond to challenges the county faced during two recent winter storms when…
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