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City attorney warns proposed Washington County emergency-alert JPA imposes onerous obligations
Summary
City Attorney Richard Copeland told the Dellwood council he had objected by letter to obligations in a proposed emergency-alert joint powers agreement with Washington County and had received no substantive response; he said he may recommend the city decline to sign if concerns are not addressed by December.
City Attorney Richard Copeland told the Dellwood City Council on Nov. 12 that he has objected to several obligations in a proposed joint powers agreement with Washington County for a regional emergency alert system.
Copeland said he sent a letter to the county on Oct. 4 raising specific objections, has followed up twice by email, and has not yet received a substantive reply. He told the council that, given the lack of response, he would continue to press the county for revisions and would likely recommend that Dellwood decline to sign the JPA if the county does not address the city's concerns by the next meeting.
The council did not take formal action on the JPA at the Nov. 12 meeting. Copeland said he will report back to the council if the county responds or changes its draft agreement.
