Workshop: Eaton County emergency management placed under central dispatch; emergency manager reports EF0 tornado damage
Eaton County emergency manager Ella Gardner reported an EF0 tornado that tracked about 3.2 miles with estimated 75 mph winds; commissioners approved forwarding an amended emergency-management policy that formally places emergency management under central dispatch to the full board for adoption.
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Ella Gardner, Eaton County emergency manager, told the committee she will resign effective July 22 and summarized recent emergency-management activity, including regional training and an EF0 tornado on June 9 that tracked roughly 3.2 miles with estimated maximum sustained winds around 75 mph. She said damage assessments found mostly vegetative debris, one destroyed storage barn and one affected manufactured home.
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