Pulaski County is taking steps to reduce the impact of future disasters. Earlier this year, Emergency Management Agency Director Sheri Gaillard was informed that it’s time for the county to update its multi-hazard mitigation plan. To do that, a committee is being put together, with representatives from each incorporated town within the county, as well as several county agencies.
On Monday, the county commissioners approved the list of county employees who will be on the committee. They include EMA Director Gaillard, Commissioner Kenny Becker, Maintenance Supervisor Jeff Johnston, Highway Superintendent Terry Ruff, Recycling & Transfer Station Manager Brad Bonnell, and Terri Hansen with the County Health Department and the EMA Advisory Board.
To help with the process, Pulaski County is working with the The Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The county has been given nearly $17,000 in grant funding to cover the cost of updating the plan. Gaillard previously told the commissioners the grant requires a 25-percent in-kind match. That will be covered by the labor of the employees working on the plan.
Pulaski County’s multi-hazard mitigation plan was last updated in 2010.
