SUBJECT
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Adopt Resolution Concerning the 2025 Polk County Local Mitigation Strategy.
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DESCRIPTION
Polk County, its jurisdictions, and partners face natural and human-caused hazards that may affect the lives and property of residents and visitors. The Polk County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) is a mechanism for the County and its jurisdictions to reduce or eliminate exposure to impacts of hazards. The LMS was originally adopted by the County and all seventeen cities in 1999 with updates required every five years by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
RECOMMENDATION
Request the Board adopt the resolution concerning the 2025 Polk County Local Mitigation Strategy.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Paul Womble, Director
Polk County Emergency Management
(863) 298-7000
paulwomble@polk-county.net <mailto:paulwomble@polk-county.net>