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County officials meet with FEMA as storm damage review proceeds; Lake Margrethe Dam work to start after frost laws lift
Summary
Controller Paul Compo said FEMA met with Emergency Manager Doug Pratt to assess storm damage; federal hold and manual review have been removed, and the Lake Margrethe Dam project will begin once frost laws allow.
County Controller Paul Compo told the Board that FEMA was meeting with Emergency Manager Doug Pratt to determine whether storm damage meets the threshold for federal assistance across the region; he said "the Federal hold has been removed, and it appears they have stopped the manual review as well." The county hopes to meet the qualifying threshold for relief funds covering the 12-county area.
Compo also reported that the Lake Margrethe Dam project will begin once frost laws are lifted, and that a water-main shutoff of about seven hours contributed to a sinkhole in the main parking lot (the city has filled the hole and will pave when asphalt is available). Emergency Manager Doug Pratt's FEMA meetings were presented as the next step in assessing potential federal support.
