Fulton County adopts 2026 Hazard Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Plan

Fulton County commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 3 of 2026 on April 28, adopting the County 2026 Hazard Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Plan Update as the county’s official hazard mitigation plan.

EMA/9-1-1 Director Brian Barton presented the plan and asked the board to authorize signatures. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to "approve and execute Resolution 3 of 2026, 'County 2026 Hazard Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Plan Update'" and to direct "the respective officials and agencies identified in the implementation strategy...to implement the recommended activities assigned to them." The motion carried with "all in favor."

The resolution formalizes the update of the county’s hazard mitigation planning documents and assigns implementation responsibilities to the officials and agencies named in the plan. The minutes record no dissent and do not specify follow-up deadlines or a departmental implementation schedule; the plan and implementation details were entered into the official record by resolution.

The board took the action during its regular session at the Commissioners' Office in McConnellsburg. No public comment on the resolution is recorded in the minutes. The next procedural items on the agenda included pension and invoice approvals and a tabling of CDBG administrative agreements for further review.