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Avery County commissioners adopt hazard-mitigation plan, approve ordinances and multiple budget amendments
Summary
The board adopted a regional hazard mitigation plan to preserve federal and state disaster funding eligibility, approved an ordinance updating criminal-history checks to align with state statute, and approved several grant acceptances and budget amendments including a $145,000 emergency management grant and lottery-fund release for architect fees.
Avery County commissioners on April 6 adopted a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan and approved a slate of routine ordinances, contracts and budget amendments intended to keep county programs eligible for state and federal funding.
Cindy, a county staff member who presented the hazard plan, told the board the multi-county plan covers Avery, Mitchell, Yancey and McDowell counties and must be readopted every five years to preserve eligibility for state and federal disaster assistance. "This plan is mandated to ... so we'll be eligible for federal and state funds in case of a disaster," she said. The board approved the resolution by voice vote.
The board also approved an ordinance to align the county's criminal-history record checks with a change in state law cited in the meeting as statute 153A-94.2. Michelle, the county…
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