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Emergency Preparedness Committee forms subcommittee to refine 2026 priorities ahead of council presentation
Summary
The committee reviewed working slides of its 2026 priorities (evacuation, EOP/EOC, communications, safety element), discussed realistic short/medium/long-term goals given town budget constraints, and agreed to a subcommittee to clean up slides and meet with the town manager and council liaisons before a Feb. 11 council presentation.
The Emergency Preparedness Committee spent much of its Jan. 8 meeting refining the committee’s priorities for 2026 and agreed to form a small subcommittee to polish slides before a Feb. 11 Town Council presentation.
The Chair presented a working slide deck that repeated many priorities from 2025—evacuation planning, the Emergency Operations Plan and Center, communications and an update to the safety element—and referenced the October 2022 Farron Piers evacuation study used as background. Committee members suggested presenting achievements up front, clarifying what ‘providing physical resources’ means and distinguishing short-, medium- and long-term goals so expectations match staff capacity.
Dale, a committee member, suggested moving evacuation lower in the list because work on the EOP/EOC and communications has progressed; he noted a major piece of evacuation work—widening Alpine Road—depends on the town council forming a related committee and on study funding. Council Member Helen Walter urged realism about costs, saying the vaccination-route work could cost "around $10 million or more" while noting the town’s overall budget is about $8 million.
The committee agreed the Chair and two volunteers will form a subcommittee to edit the slide deck, meet with the town manager and council liaisons, and return with a more concise presentation the full committee can quickly review.
