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Frederick adopts Weld County hazard mitigation plan to preserve federal grant eligibility
Summary
The Town of Frederick Board of Trustees voted 5–0 to adopt the 2026 Weld County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, a step officials said preserves eligibility for federal mitigation grants while identifying local priorities such as air/water monitoring, stormwater improvements and an oil-and-gas incident response plan.
The Town of Frederick Board of Trustees voted 5–0 to adopt the 2026 Weld County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, a countywide document staff said will keep Frederick eligible for federal mitigation funding while guiding local risk-reduction priorities.
Mary Garner, emergency manager for the Carbon Valley, told the board the plan is updated every five years and that participation is a prerequisite for many federal grants. "For every dollar we spend on mitigation, we save $6 in disaster recovery costs," Garner said, noting the document is lengthy and that the town provided input through workshops and an online survey that drew 383 countywide responses.
Garner outlined the plan’s highest-priority actions for Frederick: installing air and water monitoring equipment near legacy oil-and-gas facilities, improving stormwater drainage along Highway 52 (a project that could be coordinated with neighboring jurisdictions), and developing an oil-and-gas well-control incident response plan. She said the plan is a risk-assessment tool that informs other town infrastructure and emergency plans rather than an obligation to immediately implement every listed project.
Town staff explained the adoption tonight is done with conditional language because the state Office of Emergency Management and FEMA Region 8 review the plan and may request clarifications or additional actions before issuing final approval. Staff recommended adoption now so the town remains covered if federal reviews run behind schedule.
Trustees asked follow-up questions about local water use and stormwater coordination. Staff provided context for localized water demand — the town's local golf course was described as using roughly 60 acre-feet of raw (nonpotable) water annually and a local storage site holding about 1,000 acre-feet — and said interjurisdictional coordination can help make grant applications more competitive.
The board approved resolution 26R-06 adopting the Weld County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan by a roll-call vote of 5–0. Staff said next steps include any conditional responses requested by the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and subsequent FEMA Region 8 review.
