Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
North Port outlines hurricane-season readiness, new EOC timeline and software upgrades
Summary
City emergency staff briefed the commission on last season's storm activity and a suite of preparedness upgrades'including WebEOC coordination with county/state partners, federalized feeding contracts, automated employee role assignments and an EOC construction schedule aiming for occupancy by July 2027.
City emergency-management officials on May 4 briefed the North Port City Commission on the city's preparations for the 2026 hurricane season and a multi-step upgrade of emergency operations.
Emergency Manager Stacy Hill told the commission that while North Port avoided direct impacts last Atlantic season, it was still a major year in the basin: "13 named storms, five hurricanes and four major hurricanes," she said, and urged officials not to become complacent. AJ Brown, the city's emergency management planning coordinator, cited Colorado State University's forecast of about 13 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes and said, "it only takes one storm" to…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered summaries by topic, speaker, decisions & budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
