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County staff present updated Emergency Operations and Continuity of Operations Plan; adoption resolution read
Summary
County staff presented a revised Emergency Operations and Continuity of Operations Plan required under Virginia Code 44-146.219 and read a draft resolution to adopt the update effective Feb. 10, 2026; staff recommended a tabletop exercise with VDEM. The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote on adoption.
County staff presented an updated Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and Continuity of Operations Plan to the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 10, 2026, noting the state code requirement (Va. Code —rom transcript read as 44-146.219) that the EOP be reviewed and revised at least every four years.
Staff summarized that the plan guides county activation of the Emergency Operations Center, logistics, financial support, mitigation, response and recovery activities, and that the last formal revision occurred on Feb. 9, 2021. The presenter said all necessary revisions had been incorporated into the draft document submitted to the board.
A draft resolution to adopt the updated EOP/COOP was read into the record and staff recommended coordinating a tabletop exercise with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and local agencies; staff estimated table-top exercises can take from four hours to a full day depending on scope. The presenter suggested coordination with the sheriff's office and local emergency personnel to schedule the exercise.
The meeting transcript contains the presentation and the reading of the resolution but does not include a clear roll-call vote showing final adoption within the recorded segments. Staff noted the resolution text states the EOP is "hereby adopted" effective Feb. 10, 2026, but the transcript lacks an explicit vote tally in the captured lines.
