Legislation Details

Reference No. CB-072-2026    Draft No. 1
Type: Council Bill Status: Third Reading
Meeting Body Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee
Meeting Date 7/7/2026
Introduced Date 7/27/2026 Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY WEATHER OPERATIONS FUND for the purpose of creating an Emergency Weather Operations Fund (“the Fund”); establishing the Fund to support the full lifecycle costs associated with the County’s emergency weather response, including pre-event staging, active response, and post-event recovery; providing for disbursements from the Fund to be used solely for emergency weather mobilization purposes, including snow and ice control, flooding, high wind events, and other weather-related incidents impacting County operations; and generally relating to emergency weather preparedness and response.
Proposers/Sponsors: County Executive, Edward P. Burroughs, Timothy J. Adams, Krystal Oriadha, Thomas E. Dernoga, Wala Blegay, Danielle I. Hunter
Attachments: 1. B2026072, 2. CB-072-2026 Summary, 3. CB-072-2026 PAFI Emergency Operations Weather Fund, 4. CB-072-2026 Transmittal
Contact: Fiorenza Herrera Diaz, Office of Management and Budget

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY WEATHER OPERATIONS FUND for the purpose of creating an Emergency Weather Operations Fund (“the Fund”); establishing the Fund to support the full lifecycle costs associated with the County’s emergency weather response, including pre-event staging, active response, and post-event recovery; providing for disbursements from the Fund to be used solely for emergency weather mobilization purposes, including snow and ice control, flooding, high wind events, and other weather-related incidents impacting County operations; and generally relating to emergency weather preparedness and response.

 

Background

This bill creates a dedicated Fund to support the full lifecycle costs, including pre-event staging, active response, and post-event recovery for emergency weather mobilizations, such as snow and ice control, flooding, high wind events, and other weather-related incidents impacting County operations.