Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: DES - Emergency Management (Dept. of Emergency Services)

Directors' Update: Aug. 26, 2020

Business Meeting: Aug. 31, 2020

Summary:

Adoption of the August 2020, Lewis County Board of County Commissioners Continuity of Government Plan as an Annex to the Lewis County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

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Resolution

WHEREAS, Lewis County maintains a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) as a set of guidelines for coordinating countywide disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in compliance with RCW 38.52.070; and

WHEREAS, The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners Continuity of Government Plan has been presented for review to the Board of County Commissioners to provide the authority, policy, procedures, roles and responsibilities for the preservation, maintenance, or reconstitution of the county government’s ability to carry out its constitutional responsibilities under all circumstances that may disrupt normal governmental operations; and

WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the August 2020, Lewis County Board of County Commissioners Continuity of Government Plan, and it appears to be in the best interest of the public to adopt the plan for Lewis County.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the August 2020, Lewis County Board of County Commissioners Continuity of Government Plan is hereby adopted and approved as an Annex to the Lewis County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan by the Board of County Commissioners, Lewis County, Washington .

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 31st day of August, 2020.