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City auditor presents state‑required floodplain ordinance update; council sends draft to legal counsel
Summary
Following ND Senate Bill 2027, the auditor presented a model Floodplain Management Ordinance the city must adopt to maintain compliance with state and federal rules; the council directed legal review before further action.
City Auditor Deborah Banish told the Rutland City Council on March 9 that changes in state law require municipalities to update floodplain management ordinances. ND Senate Bill 2027 (2025) took effect Aug. 1, 2025, and the State supplied a model ordinance that contains minimum required provisions.
Banish said the proposed ordinance includes those mandatory provisions and cannot be modified without invalidating it. She noted that Rutland adopted its original floodplain management ordinance on Jan. 30, 1984, and has participated in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) since then. The auditor warned that participation in the NFIP is voluntary but that FEMA mitigation and disaster funding could be affected if Rutland discontinues participation.
The council directed the Auditor to forward the proposed ordinance to the City's legal counsel for review and to provide a recommendation on whether to adopt the model language or take another course of action. No ordinance was adopted at the March 9 meeting; the action recorded was to seek legal advice and report back.
Next step: legal counsel will review the draft ordinance and return recommendations to the Auditor and council for further consideration.
