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County committee forwards dive team agreement to full board to speed post-disaster damage assessments
Summary
The Effingham County legislative committee voted to recommend an intergovernmental agreement that would let the county dive team perform post-disaster damage assessments for the city, subject to city and legal approval and with an amended payment date; two members abstained.
The Effingham County legislative committee voted to forward an intergovernmental agreement to the full board that would authorize the county dive team to perform damage assessments after disasters for the City of Effingham, subject to city approval and review by the county attorney.
Josh, who provided the committee briefing, said the program would deploy teams with tablets to record damage — for example, "tree on a house, tree on a roof" — and upload the observations directly into a database so the city and county…
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