Legislation Details

Reference No. CB-072-2026    Draft No. 1
Type: Council Bill Status: Enacted
Meeting Body Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee
Meeting Date 9/1/2026
Introduced Date 7/27/2026 Public Hearing Date 09/01/2026 @ 10:00 AM
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 Report, 4. CB-072-2026 PAFI Emergency Operations Weather Fund, 5. CB-072-2026 Transmittal
Contact: Fiorenza Herrera Diaz, Office of Management and Budget
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
9/1/20261 County Council public hearing held  Action details Meeting details Video Video
9/1/20261 County Council enactedPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
7/27/20261 Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee    Not available Meeting details Video Video
7/27/20261 County Council introduced  Action details Meeting details Video Video
7/7/20261 County Council presented and referred  Action details Meeting details Video Video

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.