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Wayne County committee defers resilience-hub contracts, seeks upfront commitments and clearer funding details
Summary
The Wayne County Committee on Economic Development deferred a package of contracts and grant awards tied to a FEMA-funded resilience hub program, asking staff to secure upfront commitments from program participants and to return with clearer cost and longevity terms before formal approval.
The Wayne County Committee on Economic Development on its meeting session heard a presentation on a proposed countywide resilience hub network and voted to defer a package of related contract amendments and awards so staff can obtain clearer upfront commitments and funding details.
County sustainability staff, represented by Aaron Kelly of the Sustainability and Innovation office and project manager Cara Dietz, outlined a program to train community organizations — churches, neighborhood groups and local service providers — to act as "resilience hubs" during weather-related disruptions. "A resilience hub is an organization that is in contact with more vulnerable residents in our communities," Dietz said, describing hubs as local organizations that run everyday programs and can be equipped to provide shelter, resource coordination or recovery support when power or infrastructure fails.
Staff cited local hazard context as a rationale for the program. According to the presentation, the county faces significant flood and power-outage exposure; presenters said FEMA ranks the county highly for flood-losses and that, in 2023, an "average Wayne…
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