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Wayne County committee adopts 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, sends it to municipalities for local adoption
Summary
Wayne County emergency management presented a five-year Hazard Mitigation Plan update with FEMA preliminary approval; the county adopted the plan and will ask participating municipalities to adopt it before FEMA final approval.
The Committee on Public Safety, Judiciary and Homeland Security voted to adopt the Wayne County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 update and forward adoption resolutions to participating localities so the plan can receive final approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Ahmad Nasser, finance manager in the county Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said the plan is updated every five years to identify natural, technological and man-made hazards, review events over the prior five years, and set mitigation steps for infrastructure and communities. Nasser said FEMA issued a preliminary approval; county adoption triggers a process for each municipality to adopt the plan and return a local resolution so FEMA can grant final approval.
Commissioner Peterson Mayberry asked whether the contract with ASTI had a formal term and noted concern about ambiguity in contract dates; legal counsel advised the committee that FEMA guidelines require a five-year renewal cycle for the mitigation plan and staff would follow FEMA requirements to remain in compliance. Commissioners accepted that guidance and moved to adopt the county-level plan.
Commissioner Wilson moved the adoption and Commissioner Clemente supported the motion; the committee voted and the motion carried. The county will send the adopted resolution to municipalities that participated in the plan for their separate consideration and return to county staff for submission to FEMA.
