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Yachats tests emergency plans; council praises public works and shared sheriff deputy
Summary
Council President Mary Ellen O'Shaughnessy described recent emergency-preparedness exercises testing registration, power, animals and access issues, praised public works for maintenance work, and said the city shares a full-time sheriff's deputy (transcript references the other city as 'Wahlpert').
Mary Ellen O'Shaughnessy said the city's emergency-preparedness committee recently ran exercises to test logistics including power outlets, sign-in procedures, animal handling and access for residents south of the bridge if the bridge were gone. "It was really interesting to see, do we have enough outlets? Where do people sign in? What do we do if they bring animals?" she said, and encouraged more volunteers for future efforts.
She also praised public works staff for routine and after-hours maintenance and described the city as sharing a full-time sheriff's deputy with another nearby city (the transcript refers to that community as "Wahlpert"). O'Shaughnessy credited the deputy with enforcing speed limits, conducting welfare checks and addressing illegal parking and camping problems.
