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County approves manager as FEMA mitigation agent; officials report progress on Helen recovery and buyouts
Summary
Commissioners authorized the county manager to sign FEMA hazard‑mitigation documents and received an update: 87 acquisition applications (seeking roughly $33M), 11 elevation applications, and continuing work with NGOs and long‑term recovery groups following Hurricane Helen.
Haywood County commissioners voted April 20 to authorize County Manager Bryant Morehead as the county’s primary agent (and Finance Director Christian Owen as secondary) to execute FEMA hazard‑mitigation documents relating to Hurricane Helen recovery.
Cody Grassy, recovery and resilience officer, provided a detailed status update after the vote: the county had 87 acquisition applications submitted across mitigation rounds that…
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