A Disaster Waiting to Happen

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– Each city council should: • Initiate an annual review of its disaster plan, coincident with the budget cycle, starting with the 2006-2007 cycle. These reviews should include the following tasks as a minimum: o Examine status of the actions from the previous year’s review. o Review any tests during the year and any plan changes required as a result of the tests (“no change” is an unlikely outcome). o Request detail of any changes to the plan occasioned by known state, national or world emergencies that occurred in the review year. o Request detail of any changes to the plan required by directives from the Department of Homeland Security (with due regard to any security and secrecy requirements). o Concur by vote, that the review has been completed successfully. Response – will be implemented in the future City staff reviews the disaster plan on a periodic basis and makes adjustments as needed to improve efficiency or in response to exercises, current events and new regulations. Additional resources that may be needed to implement modifications to the plan, or to the City’s emergency response capabilities, are brought to the City Council as part of the budget process. An update of the City’s emergency plan is currently in progress. Re-assignment of responsibility for coordinating the City’s emergency response plan development and emergency response training is in process as part of an overall review of the City budget and a proposal will be presented to the City Council before the end of the current fiscal year.