MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW
MARCH 20, 2024
STATE OF THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CAPTAIN WITH THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG
THOMAS O’NEAL
CHIEF OF POLICE
NEIL CERVENKA
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
What we have accomplished in FY 23/24
Updated Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
VEOCI
Management Exercises
Identification of an EOC
Finishing out the Fiscal Year
Upcoming Exercise
Submittal of EOP to State
Multi-Year Exercise Plan
Recommendations for future years
FY 23/24 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Updated Emergency Operations Plan
Coming to City Council on March 25, 2024
Started in October of 2023
Not updated since 2016
Cost savings
FY 23/24 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
VEOCI
Virtual Emergency Operations Center
Creates a single platform for incident management and records Increases effective opening and closing of the EOC
Adopted by multiple agencies across the State
Allows us to connect with private/public partners
Reoccurring cost of $11K annually
VEOCI
EMERGENCY PLANNING MANAGEMENT EXERCISES
First workshop held in November
Identified current EOC related deficiencies
Functional Exercise/Seminar scheduled for April 3, 2024 Four hours
Will comply with HSEEP
After Action Review due within 90 days
Internal Evaluators
Follow-up Exercise planned for Q3 of FY 24/25
State/County evaluators
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
Current status
Conducting the search
Fort Bragg Middle School
Proposed MOU with FBUSD
2-3 years use of Library
Level 1 Activation
Quarterly Training
Emergency Management Consulting
FINISHING OUT FY 23/24
Multi-Year Exercise Plan
FUTURE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
County-wide Comparison
FUTURE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
Increase annual budget to $75,000
Separate Emergency Management into a Line Item
Be engaged in the Emergency Management program
PROPOSED EXPENDITURES
FY 24/25
EOC pack-out kit ($40K-$50K)
Recurring Costs ($25K)
Training
VEOCI
FY 25/26
Community Resiliency Grants ($40K-$50K)
HOW TO PAY FOR IT
Emergency Management affects all City Facilities
Equal amount from all City revenue accounts
CONCLUSION
Questions?
Want to provide stakeholder input?
Thomas O’Neal
[email protected]