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Montrose council approves emergency response plan and risk‑resilience assessment, accepts $19,750 estimate
Summary
City engineer Jared Volge told council an EPA-required risk and resilience assessment and emergency response plan will cost an estimated $19,750 and must be submitted by year end; council approved moving forward and will convene emergency management to review.
The City of Montrose council voted July 13 to approve an update to its emergency response plan and to complete a risk and resilience assessment required by federal environmental rules.
City engineer Jared Volge said the Environmental Protection Agency requires communities with certain population thresholds to update a risk and resilience assessment every five years. He told the council the latest estimate to complete the work and submit it to the Department of Health is $19,750, and that the emergency response plan is due Dec. 30, with the risk and resilience assessment due before that.
"It will take some input from the fire department and the sheriff's department just to make sure that everybody's on the same page," Volge said, urging coordination among public-safety agencies. A council member moved to approve the emergency response plan and associated assessment; the motion was seconded and the council voted 4–0 to approve it.
Council members discussed convening the emergency management team once the documents are completed to review response roles and assets. The engineer also described the work as a manual identifying critical assets and who needs to be involved if one is compromised during a natural disaster.
Next steps: the city will proceed with the contracted work, submit the documents to the Department of Health as required and organize internal review by the emergency management team.
Sources: City engineer Jared Volge; council members.
