Council briefed on emergency operations plan and urged to adopt county hazard mitigation plan to preserve FEMA grant eligibility

Nick Haskin, Murray’s emergency manager, presented the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (SEMP) overview and requested council adoption of the Salt Lake County multi‑jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan and Murray’s jurisdictional annex.

Haskin said SEMP defines activation, response and recovery operations, establishes incident priorities, and documents actions required for FEMA reimbursement. He explained the county hazard mitigation plan (two volumes: countywide plan and jurisdictional annexes) identifies hazards affecting Murray—flooding and earthquake were prioritized for the city—and lays out mitigations that support both community safety and grant eligibility.

Why it matters: Haskin emphasized that FEMA mitigation grants require an up‑to‑date hazard mitigation plan; without adoption the city risks losing eligibility for mitigation dollars that can fund infrastructure and resilience projects. He also noted federal/state grant availability has declined or shifted to regional/competitive programs, increasing the importance of an adopted mitigation plan to support grant applications.

Communications and preparedness: staff described public alert options (integrated public alerting via the county), an online emergency alert sign‑up for residents, and a grant application to purchase a municipal alerting system. Haskin also discussed CERT training and variable public participation levels in community preparedness programs.

Attribution: briefing and request for adoption were delivered by Nick Haskin and other city emergency staff; staff answered council questions about grants, alerting and jurisdictional responsibilities.