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Commissioners approve EMA emergency declaration; county opens temporary cooling center
Summary
Scott County accepted an emergency declaration after recent storms, with EMA urging residents with storm damage to call 211; the county also opened a temporary cooling center in downtown Scottsburg.
Scott County commissioners voted to accept an emergency declaration from the county's Emergency Management Agency on July 1, authorizing initial damage assessments and opening avenues for state assistance.
Will, representing Scott County EMA, asked residents who experienced storm damage to "call 211 and report, their damages to them" so the county and state can compile damage reports and explore funding support. He also said the county has opened a temporary cooling room on the southeast corner of the square in Scottsburg with cold water and short-term relief for residents during an extreme heat wave.
Commissioners asked whether the declaration required signatures and then approved the motion by voice vote. The board and EMA staff said they will post information about the cooling center and encourage residents to report damage to 211 even if they already spoke with local responders so counts are centralized.
The declaration is intended to support short-term investigations and damage assessments and to help determine whether state resources can be allocated to residents who report losses.
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