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Emergency management briefs commissioners, schedules public winter-storm recovery meeting
Summary
EMA director Boyd White told commissioners the county awaits EMPG reimbursements, completed a flood scoping grant, resolved Code Red issues and will host a public meeting Feb. 26 to answer recovery and assistance questions for impacted property owners.
Boyd White, identified in the transcript as the county's Lucy Management Agency director, updated commissioners Feb. 25 on emergency-management operations following recent winter storms and flooding.
White said the county has not yet received EMPG grant reimbursements because of federal-start-date changes and related litigation; that delay has held up reimbursement for work dating back to July 1. He said the county completed a scoping project tied to the Libby Creek flood and credited road crews and the health department for response efforts.
White reported communication-system work at the Blackview building (roof, doors and floor repairs), and described Code Red alert-platform interruptions that recently affected the county's ability to send emergency notifications. He said the county was evaluating an alternative vendor (Genesis) that estimates about $3,000 in annual savings compared with Code Red.
White outlined planned emergency-management trainings (EOC basics, volunteer management, ICS-300) and exercises, and told commissioners he is preparing grant applications (including a homeland-security generator request) to improve EOC capability. White also described a near-miss tanker spill at Savage Lake and commended the Troy Volunteer Fire Department for containing a small leak before the larger flood event.
The board announced a public winter-storm recovery meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Ponderosa room at county hall, with county, state and federal partners available to answer questions about recovery assistance and permitting.
Next steps: Emergency Management will continue grants and training work, investigate alternative alert vendors, and staff will participate in the public meeting tomorrow evening to explain recovery resources and next steps to property owners.
