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Council discusses $25,000 estimate for emergency-operations-plan consultant ahead of budget hearings
Summary
Staff reported receiving an estimate of $25,000 to hire a consultant to update the emergency operations plan; council directed staff to return with funding options before the final budget adoption and noted funds may be available to offset the expense.
City staff discussed whether to hire an outside consultant to update the city's emergency operations plan; staff reported an estimate for the work was "$25,000 for time and energy and whatnot to assist city staffing going through that process." The amount was described as a high/worst-case estimate and staff said the tentative budget did not yet include the line item.
Council members asked whether the expense would require new revenues or use of fund balance; a staff member (speaker 9) said funds appear available to cover the consultant without using fund balance and agreed to come back with a proposed funding source. The council directed staff to list the consultant item on a future agenda with information about how they propose to pay for it.
